| C++11中,针对顺序容器(如vector、deque、list),新标准引入了三个新成员函数:emplace_front、emplace和emplace_back,这些操作构造而不是拷贝元素。这些操作分别对应push_front、insert和push_back,允许我们将元素放置在容器头部、一个指定位置之前或容器尾部。 当调用push或insert成员函数时,我们将元素类型的对象传递给它们,这些对象被拷贝到容器中。而当我们调用一个emplace成员函数时,则是将参数传递给元素类型的构造函数。emplace成员使用这些参数在容器管理的内存空间中直接构造元素。 emplace函数的参数根据元素类型而变化,参数必须与元素类型的构造函数相匹配。emplace函数在容器中直接构造元素。传递给emplace函数的参数必须与元素类型的构造函数相匹配。
 其它容器中,std::forward_list中的emplace_after、emplace_front函数,std::map/std::multimap中的emplace、emplace_hint函数,std::set/std::multiset中的emplace、emplace_hint,std::stack中的emplace函数,等emplace相似函数操作也均是构造而不是拷贝元素。 emplace相关函数可以减少内存拷贝和移动。当插入rvalue,它节约了一次move构造,当插入lvalue,它节约了一次copy构造。
 配合下面的测试代码理解: #include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
struct President
{
    std::string name;
    std::string country;
    int year;
    President(std::string && p_name, std::string && p_country, int p_year)
        : name(std::move(p_name)), country(std::move(p_country)), year(p_year)
    {
        std::cout << "I am being constructed.";
    }
    President(President&& other)
        : name(std::move(other.name)), country(std::move(other.country)), year(other.year)
    {
        std::cout << "I am being moved.";
    }
    President& operator=(const President& other) = default;
};
int main()
{
    std::vector<President> elections;
    std::cout << "emplace_back:";
    elections.emplace_back("Nelson Mandela", "South Africa", 1994);
    std::vector<President> reElections;
    std::cout << "push_back:";
    reElections.push_back(President("Franklin Delano Roosevelt", "the USA", 1936));
    std::cout << "Contents:";
    for (President const& president : elections) {
        std::cout << president.name << " was elected president of "
            << president.country << " in " << president.year << ".";
    }
    for (President const& president : reElections) {
        std::cout << president.name << " was re-elected president of "
            << president.country << " in " << president.year << ".";
    }
}
 代码输出为: emplace_back:
I am being constructed.
push_back:
I am being constructed.
I am being moved.
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