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## Reference

### Header <boost/move/adl_move_swap.hpp>

    namespace boost {
      template<typename T> void adl_move_swap(T &, T &);
    }

### Header <boost/move/algorithm.hpp>

    namespace boost {
      template<typename I, typename O> O move(I, I, O);
      template<typename I, typename O> O move_backward(I, I, O);
      template<typename I, typename F> F uninitialized_move(I, I, F);
      template<typename I, typename F> F uninitialized_copy_or_move(I, I, F);
      template<typename I, typename F> F copy_or_move(I, I, F);
    }

### Header <boost/move/core.hpp>

This header implements macros to define movable classes and move-aware functions

    BOOST_MOVABLE_BUT_NOT_COPYABLE(TYPE)
    BOOST_COPYABLE_AND_MOVABLE(TYPE)
    BOOST_RV_REF(TYPE)
    BOOST_RV_REF_BEG
    BOOST_RV_REF_END
    BOOST_RV_REF_BEG_IF_CXX11
    BOOST_RV_REF_END_IF_CXX11
    BOOST_COPY_ASSIGN_REF(TYPE)
    BOOST_FWD_REF(TYPE)
    BOOST_MOVE_RET(RET_TYPE, REF)
    BOOST_MOVE_BASE(BASE_TYPE, ARG)

    namespace boost {
      template<typename T> struct has_move_emulation_disabled;
      template<typename T> struct has_move_emulation_enabled;
    }

### Header <boost/move/default_delete.hpp>

Describes the default deleter (destruction policy) of `unique_ptr`: `default_delete`.

    namespace boost {
      namespace movelib {
        template<typename T> struct default_delete;
      }
    }

### Header <boost/move/iterator.hpp>

    namespace boost {
      template<typename C> class back_move_insert_iterator;
      template<typename C> class front_move_insert_iterator;
      template<typename C> class move_insert_iterator;
      template<typename It> class move_iterator;
      template<typename It> move_iterator< It > make_move_iterator(const It &);
      template<typename C> back_move_insert_iterator< C > back_move_inserter(C &);
      template<typename C>
        front_move_insert_iterator< C > front_move_inserter(C &);
      template<typename C>
        move_insert_iterator< C > move_inserter(C &, typename C::iterator);
    }

### Header <boost/move/make_unique.hpp>

Defines "make_unique" functions, which are factories to create instances of unique_ptr depending on the passed arguments.

This header can be a bit heavyweight in C++03 compilers due to the use of the preprocessor library, that's why it's a a separate header from `unique_ptr.hpp`

    namespace boost {
      namespace movelib {
        template<typename T, class... Args>
          unique_ptr< T > make_unique(Args &&...);
        template<typename T, class... Args>
          unique_ptr< T > make_unique_nothrow(Args &&...);
        template<typename T> unique_ptr< T > make_unique_definit();
        template<typename T> unique_ptr< T > make_unique_nothrow_definit();
        template<typename T> unique_ptr< T > make_unique(std::size_t);
        template<typename T> unique_ptr< T > make_unique_nothrow(std::size_t);
        template<typename T> unique_ptr< T > make_unique_definit(std::size_t);
        template<typename T>
          unique_ptr< T > make_unique_nothrow_definit(std::size_t);
        template<typename T, class... Args> unspecified make_unique(Args &&);
        template<typename T, class... Args>
          unspecified make_unique_definit(Args &&);
        template<typename T, class... Args>
          unspecified make_unique_nothrow(Args &&);
        template<typename T, class... Args>
          unspecified make_unique_nothrow_definit(Args &&);
      }
    }

### Header <boost/move/move.hpp>

A general library header that includes the rest of top-level headers.

### Header <boost/move/traits.hpp>

    namespace boost {
      template<typename T> struct has_nothrow_move;
      template<typename T> struct has_trivial_destructor_after_move;
    }

### Header <boost/move/unique_ptr.hpp>

Describes the smart pointer unique_ptr, a drop-in replacement for std::unique_ptr, usable also from C++03 compilers.

Main differences from std::unique_ptr to avoid heavy dependencies, specially in C++03 compilers:

- `operator <` uses pointer `operator <` instead of `std::less<common_type>`. This avoids dependencies on `std::common_type` and `std::less` (`<type_traits>/<functional>` headers). In C++03 this avoid pulling Boost.Typeof and other cascading dependencies. As in all Boost platforms `operator <` on raw pointers and other smart pointers provides strict weak ordering in practice this should not be a problem for users.

- assignable from literal 0 for compilers without nullptr

- `unique_ptr<T[]>` is constructible and assignable from `unique_ptr<U[]>` if cv-less T and cv-less U are the same type and T is more CV qualified than U.

    namespace boost {
      namespace movelib {
        template<typename T, typename D = default_delete<T> > class unique_ptr;
        template<typename T, typename D>
          void swap(unique_ptr< T, D > &, unique_ptr< T, D > &);
        template<typename T1, typename D1, typename T2, typename D2>
          bool operator==(const unique_ptr< T1, D1 > &,
                          const unique_ptr< T2, D2 > &);
        template<typename T1, typename D1, typename T2, typename D2>
          bool operator!=(const unique_ptr< T1, D1 > &,
                          const unique_ptr< T2, D2 > &);
        template<typename T1, typename D1, typename T2, typename D2>
          bool operator<(const unique_ptr< T1, D1 > &,
                         const unique_ptr< T2, D2 > &);
        template<typename T1, typename D1, typename T2, typename D2>
          bool operator<=(const unique_ptr< T1, D1 > &,
                          const unique_ptr< T2, D2 > &);
        template<typename T1, typename D1, typename T2, typename D2>
          bool operator>(const unique_ptr< T1, D1 > &,
                         const unique_ptr< T2, D2 > &);
        template<typename T1, typename D1, typename T2, typename D2>
          bool operator>=(const unique_ptr< T1, D1 > &,
                          const unique_ptr< T2, D2 > &);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator==(const unique_ptr< T, D > &, std::nullptr_t);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator==(std::nullptr_t, const unique_ptr< T, D > &);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator!=(const unique_ptr< T, D > &, std::nullptr_t);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator!=(std::nullptr_t, const unique_ptr< T, D > &);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator<(const unique_ptr< T, D > &, std::nullptr_t);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator<(std::nullptr_t, const unique_ptr< T, D > &);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator>(const unique_ptr< T, D > &, std::nullptr_t);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator>(std::nullptr_t, const unique_ptr< T, D > &);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator<=(const unique_ptr< T, D > &, std::nullptr_t);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator<=(std::nullptr_t, const unique_ptr< T, D > &);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator>=(const unique_ptr< T, D > &, std::nullptr_t);
        template<typename T, typename D>
          bool operator>=(std::nullptr_t, const unique_ptr< T, D > &);
      }
    }

### Header <boost/move/utility.hpp>

This header includes core utilities from `<boost/move/utility_core.hpp>` and defines some more advanced utilities such as:

    namespace boost {
      template<typename T>
        rvalue_reference_or_const_lvalue_reference
        move_if_noexcept(input_reference);
    }

### Header <boost/move/utility_core.hpp>

This header defines core utilities to ease the development of move-aware functions. This header minimizes dependencies from other libraries.

    namespace boost {
      template<typename T> struct enable_move_utility_emulation;
      template<typename T> rvalue_reference move(input_reference);
      template<typename T> output_reference forward(input_reference);
      template<typename T>
        output_reference move_if_not_lvalue_reference(input_reference);
    }