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		shmerl 48 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C++ std::move doesn't move anything: A deep dive i... May be disown would be more descriptive, but the point is that it's intended for transferring of ownership versus copying data.

masklinn 48 days ago [–]

> it's intended for transferring of ownership versus copying data.

It's intended for transferring ownership, but what it actually does is mark the value as transferrable, whether or not the value is actually transferred is up to the callee.

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