std::swap(std::optional)(3)

NAME
std::swap(std::optional) - std::swap(std::optional)

Synopsis
   Defined in header <optional>
   template< class T >
   void swap( std::optional<T>& lhs, (since C++17)
                        (constexpr since C++20)
              std::optional<T>& rhs ) noexcept(/* see below
   */);
   Overloads the std::swap algorithm for std::optional. Exchanges the state of lhs with
   that of rhs. Effectively calls lhs.swap(rhs).
   This overload participates in overload resolution only if
   std::is_move_constructible_v<T> and std::is_swappable_v<T> are both true.

Parameters
   lhs, rhs - optional objects whose states to swap

Return value
   (none)

Exceptions
   noexcept specification:
   noexcept(noexcept(lhs.swap(rhs)))

Example
// Run this code
 #include <iostream>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
 int main()
 {
     std::optional<std::string> a{"██████"}, b{"▒▒▒▒▒▒"};
     auto print = [&](auto const& s)
     {
         std::cout << s << "\t"
                      "a = " << a.value_or("(null)") << " "
                      "b = " << b.value_or("(null)") << '\n';
     };
     print("Initially:");
     std::swap(a, b);
     print("swap(a, b):");
     a.reset();
     print("\n""a.reset():");
     std::swap(a, b);
     print("swap(a, b):");
 }

Output:
 Initially: a = ██████ b = ▒▒▒▒▒▒
 swap(a, b): a = ▒▒▒▒▒▒ b = ██████
 a.reset(): a = (null) b = ██████
 swap(a, b): a = ██████ b = (null)
   Defect reports
   The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to
   previously published C++ standards.
     DR Applied to Behavior as published Correct behavior
   P2231R1 C++20 swap was not constexpr while the required made constexpr
                      operations can be constexpr in C++20

See also
   swap exchanges the contents
        (public member function)

Category:
     * conditionally noexcept