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### has_trivial_constructor

    template <class T>
    struct has_trivial_constructor : public true_type-or-false_type {};

    template <class T>
    struct has_trivial_default_constructor : public true_type-or-false_type {};

Inherits: If T is a (possibly cv-qualified) type with a trivial default-constructor then inherits from true_type, otherwise inherits from false_type.

These two traits are synonyms for each other.

If a type has a trivial default-constructor then the constructor have no effect: calls to the constructor can be safely omitted. Note that using meta-programming to omit a call to a single trivial-constructor call is of no benefit whatsoever. However, if loops and/or exception handling code can also be omitted, then some benefit in terms of code size and speed can be obtained.

Compiler Compatibility: If the compiler does not support partial-specialization of class templates, then this template can not be used with function types.

Without some (as yet unspecified) help from the compiler, has_trivial_constructor will never report that a user-defined class or struct has a trivial constructor; this is always safe, if possibly sub-optimal. Currently (May 2011) compilers more recent than Visual C++ 8, GCC-4.3, Greenhills 6.0, Intel-11.0, and Codegear have the necessary compiler intrinsics to ensure that this trait "just works". You may also test to see if the necessary intrinsics are available by checking to see if the macro `BOOST_HAS_TRIVIAL_CONSTRUCTOR` is defined.

C++ Standard Reference: 12.1p6.

Header: `#include <boost/type_traits/has_trivial_constructor.hpp>` or `#include <boost/type_traits.hpp>`

Examples:

> `has_trivial_constructor<int>` inherits from `true_type`.

> `has_trivial_constructor<char*>::type` is the type `true_type`.

> `has_trivial_constructor<int (*)(long)>::value` is an integral constant expression that evaluates to true.

> `has_trivial_constructor<MyClass>::value` is an integral constant expression that evaluates to false.

> `has_trivial_constructor<T>::value_type` is the type `bool`.