I don’t understand when I should use std::move
and when I should let the compiler optimize… for example:
using SerialBuffer = vector< unsigned char >;
// let compiler optimize it
SerialBuffer read( size_t size ) const
{
SerialBuffer buffer( size );
read( begin( buffer ), end( buffer ) );
// Return Value Optimization
return buffer;
}
// explicit move
SerialBuffer read( size_t size ) const
{
SerialBuffer buffer( size );
read( begin( buffer ), end( buffer ) );
return move( buffer );
}
Which should I use?