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## noncopyable

### Authors

- Dave Abrahams

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

The header `<boost/noncopyable.hpp>` defines the class `boost::noncopyable`. It is intended to be used as a private base. `boost::noncopyable` has private (under C++03) or deleted (under C++11) copy constructor and a copy assignment operator and can't be copied or assigned; a class that derives from it inherits these properties.

`boost::noncopyable` was originally contributed by Dave Abrahams.

#### Synopsis

    namespace boost
    {
        class noncopyable;
    }

#### Example

    #include <boost/core/noncopyable.hpp>

    class X: private boost::noncopyable
    {
    };

#### Rationale

Class noncopyable has protected constructor and destructor members to emphasize that it is to be used only as a base class. Dave Abrahams notes concern about the effect on compiler optimization of adding (even trivial inline) destructor declarations. He says:

“Probably this concern is misplaced, because `noncopyable` will be used mostly for classes which own resources and thus have non-trivial destruction semantics.”

With C++2011, using an optimized and trivial constructor and similar destructor can be enforced by declaring both and marking them `default`. This is done in the current implementation.