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Why arguments moved twice when constructing std::thread

Consider this program that essentially creates std::thread that calls the function func() with arg as argument: 

#include <thread>
#include <iostream>

struct foo {
   foo() = default;
   foo(const foo&) { std::cout << "copy ctor" << std::endl; }
   foo(foo&&) noexcept { std::cout << "move ctor" << std::endl; }
};

void func(foo){}

int main() {
   foo arg;
   std::thread th(func, arg);
   th.join();
}

My output is

copy ctor
move ctor
move ctor

As far as I understand arg is copied internally in the thread object and then passed to func() as an rvalue (moved). So, I expect one copy construction and one move construction.

Why is there a second move construction?

Solution

  • You pass argument to func by value which should constitute the second move. Apparently std::thread stores it internally one more time before calling func, which AFAIK is absolutely legal in terms of the Standard.