std::is_copy_constructible, std::is_trivially_copy_constructible, std::is_nothrow_copy_constructible

template< class T >
struct is_copy_constructible;

template< class T >
struct is_trivially_copy_constructible;

template< class T >
struct is_nothrow_copy_constructible;

1) If T is not a referenceable type (i.e., possibly cv-qualified void or a function type with a cv-qualifier-seq or a ref-qualifier), provides a member constant value equal to false. Otherwise, provides a member constant value equal to std::is_constructible<T, const T&>::value.

2) Same as (1), but uses std::is_trivially_constructible<T, const T&>.

3) Same as (1), but uses std::is_nothrow_constructible<T, const T&>.

T shall be a complete type, (possibly cv-qualified) void, or an array of unknown bound. Otherwise, the behavior is undefined.

If an instantiation of a template above depends, directly or indirectly, on an incomplete type, and that instantiation could yield a different result if that type were hypothetically completed, the behavior is undefined.

Helper variable templates

template< class T >
inline constexpr bool is_copy_constructible_v = is_copy_constructible<T>::value;

template< class T >
inline constexpr bool is_trivially_copy_constructible_v = is_trivially_copy_constructible<T>::value;

template< class T >
inline constexpr bool is_nothrow_copy_constructible_v = is_nothrow_copy_constructible<T>::value;

Possible implementation

template<class T>
struct is_copy_constructible :
    std::is_constructible<T, typename std::add_lvalue_reference<
        typename std::add_const<T>::type>::type>> {};
 
template<class T>
struct is_trivially_copy_constructible :
    std::is_trivially_constructible<T, typename std::add_lvalue_reference<
        typename std::add_const<T>::type>::type>> {};
 
template<class T>
struct is_nothrow_copy_constructible :
    std::is_nothrow_constructible<T, typename std::add_lvalue_reference<
        typename std::add_const<T>::type>::type>> {};

Notes

In many implementations, is_nothrow_copy_constructible also checks if the destructor throws because it is effectively noexcept(T(arg)). Same applies to is_trivially_copy_constructible, which, in these implementations, also requires that the destructor is trivial: GCC bug 51452 LWG issue 2116.

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>
 
struct Ex1 {
    std::string str; // member has a non-trivial copy ctor
};
struct Ex2 {
    int n;
    Ex2(const Ex2&) = default; // trivial and non-throwing
};
 
int main() {
    std::cout << std::boolalpha << "Ex1 is copy-constructible? "
              << std::is_copy_constructible<Ex1>::value << '\n'
              << "Ex1 is trivially copy-constructible? "
              << std::is_trivially_copy_constructible<Ex1>::value << '\n'
              << "Ex2 is trivially copy-constructible? "
              << std::is_trivially_copy_constructible<Ex2>::value << '\n'
              << "Ex2 is nothrow copy-constructible? "
              << std::is_nothrow_copy_constructible<Ex2>::value << '\n';
}

Ex1 is copy-constructible? true
Ex1 is trivially copy-constructible? false
Ex2 is trivially copy-constructible? true
Ex2 is nothrow copy-constructible? true

See also