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# C++ concepts: Swappable

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Any lvalue or rvalue of this type can be swapped with any lvalue or rvalue of some other type, using unqualified function call swap() in the context where both std::swap and the user-defined swap()s are visible.

### [edit] Requirements

Type U is swappable with type T if, for any object u of type U and any object t of type T,

Expression | Requirements | Semantics
--- | --- | ---
#include <utility> using std::swap; swap(u, t); | After the call, the value of `t` is the value held by `u` before the call, and the value of `u` is the value held by `t` before the call. | Calls the function named swap() found by overload resolution among all functions with that name that are found by argument-dependent lookup and the two std::swap templates defined in the header <utility>.
#include <utility> using std::swap; swap(t, u); | same | same

Many standard library functions (for example, many algorithms) expect their arguments to satisfy `Swappable`, which means that any time the standard library performs a swap, it uses the equivalent of using std::swap; swap(t, u);.

Typical implementations either

1) Define a non-member swap in the enclosing namespace, which may forward to a member swap if access to non-public data members is required
2) Define a friend function in-class (this approach hides the class-specific swap from name lookup other than ADL)

### [edit] Notes

It is unspecified if <utility> is actually included when the standard library functions perform the swap, so the user-provided swap() should not expect it to be included.

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <vector>

    class IntVector {
        std::vector<int> v;
        IntVector& operator=(IntVector); // not assignable
     public:
        void swap(IntVector& other) {
            v.swap(other.v);
        }
    };
    void swap(IntVector& v1, IntVector& v2) {
        v1.swap(v2);
    }

    int main()
    {
        IntVector v1, v2;
    //  std::swap(v1, v2); // compiler error! std::swap requires MoveAssignable
        std::iter_swap(&v1, &v2); // OK: library calls unqualified swap()
    }

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