Lightning Talk: Immovable C++ Objects? In My Vector? - Likelier Than You Think - Robert Leahy

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Lightning Talk: Immovable C++ Objects? In My Vector? - It's More Likely Than You Think - Robert Leahy - C++Now 2025
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std::vector is everyone's favorite container, but it comes with a catch: To grow, it must move its elements. That makes it a non-starter for storing immovable types, right? Not always.

In this lightning talk, we'll explore how, under the right conditions, you can store immovable objects in a std::vector. The trick? Knowing when growth can't happen.
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Robert Leahy

Robert is a graduate of the University of Victoria where he specialized in graphics, gaming, and digital geometry processing. After spending 4.5 years in full stack web development he pivoted to financial infrastructure in early 2016 and now works on next generation market data storage and retrieval mechanisms. In 2019 he became involved in the ISO C++ committee with a particular focus on library evolution.
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