1) Copies the elements from [first, last) (using move semantics if supported) to an uninitialized memory area beginning at d_first as if by

for (; first != last; ++d_first, (void) ++first)
    ::new (voidify(*d_first))
        typename std::iterator_traits<NoThrowForwardIt>::value_type(/* value */);
return d_first;

where /* value */ is std::move(*first) if *first is of an lvalue reference type, or *first otherwise.

If an exception is thrown during the initialization, some objects in [first, last) are left in a valid but unspecified state, and the objects already constructed are destroyed in an unspecified order.

2) Same as (1), but executed according to policy.

Parameters

Return value

As described above.

Complexity

Linear in the distance between first and last.

Exceptions

The overload with a template parameter named ExecutionPolicy reports errors as follows:

• If execution of a function invoked as part of the algorithm throws an exception and ExecutionPolicy is one of the standard policies, std::terminate is called. For any other ExecutionPolicy, the behavior is implementation-defined.
• If the algorithm fails to allocate memory, std::bad_alloc is thrown.

Notes

When the input iterator deferences to an rvalue, the behavior of std::uninitialized_move is same as std::uninitialized_copy.

Possible implementation

template<class InputIt, class NoThrowForwardIt>
constexpr NoThrowForwardIt uninitialized_move(InputIt first, InputIt last,
                                              NoThrowForwardIt d_first)
{
    using ValueType = typename std::iterator_traits<NoThrowForwardIt>::value_type;
    auto current = d_first;
    try
    {
        for (; first != last; ++first, (void) ++current)
        {
            auto addr = static_cast<void*>(std::addressof(*current));
            if constexpr (std::is_lvalue_reference_v<decltype(*first)>)
                ::new (addr) ValueType(std::move(*first));
            else
                ::new (addr) ValueType(*first);
        }
        return current;
    }
    catch (...)
    {
        std::destroy(d_first, current);
        throw;
    }
}

Example

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>

void print(auto rem, auto first, auto last)
{
    for (std::cout << rem; first != last; ++first)
        std::cout << std::quoted(*first) << ' ';
    std::cout << '\n';
}

int main()
{
    std::string in[]{"Home", "Work!"};
    print("initially, in: ", std::begin(in), std::end(in));
    
    if (
        constexpr auto sz = std::size(in);
        void* out = std::aligned_alloc(alignof(std::string), sizeof(std::string) * sz))
    {
        try
        {
            auto first{static_cast<std::string*>(out)};
            auto last{first + sz};
            std::uninitialized_move(std::begin(in), std::end(in), first);
            
            print("after move, in: ", std::begin(in), std::end(in));
            print("after move, out: ", first, last);
            
            std::destroy(first, last);
        }
        catch (...)
        {
            std::cout << "Exception!\n";
        }
        std::free(out);
    }
}

initially, in: "Home" "Work!"
after move, in: "" ""
after move, out: "Home" "Work!"

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

See also