# std::is_constructible, std::is_trivially_constructible, std::is_nothrow_constructible

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Defined in header `<type_traits>` |  |
template< class T, class... Args > struct is_constructible; | (1) | (since C++11)
template< class T, class... Args > struct is_trivially_constructible; | (2) | (since C++11)
template< class T, class... Args > struct is_nothrow_constructible; | (3) | (since C++11)

1) If `T` is an object or reference type and the variable definition T obj(std::declval<Args>()...); is well-formed, provides the member constant `value` equal to true. In all other cases, `value` is false.
For the purposes of this check, the variable definition is never interpreted as a function declaration, and the use of std::declval is not considered an odr-use. Access checks are performed as if from a context unrelated to `T` and any of the types in `Args`. Only the validity of the immediate context of the variable definition is considered.
2) Same as (1), but the variable definition does not call any operation that is not trivial. For the purposes of this check, the call to std::declval is considered trivial.
3) Same as (1), but the variable definition is `noexcept`.

`T` and all types in the parameter pack `Args` shall each 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.

The behavior of a program that adds specializations for any of the templates described on this page is undefined.

### Helper variable templates

template< class T, class... Args > inline constexpr bool is_constructible_v = is_constructible<T, Args...>::value; |  | (since C++17)
template< class T, class... Args > inline constexpr bool is_trivially_constructible_v = is_trivially_constructible<T, Args...>::value; |  | (since C++17)
template< class T, class... Args > inline constexpr bool is_nothrow_constructible_v = is_nothrow_constructible<T, Args...>::value; |  | (since C++17)

## Inherited from std::integral_constant

### Member constants

value [static] | true if `T` is constructible from `Args...`, false otherwise (public static member constant)

### Member functions

operator bool | converts the object to bool, returns value (public member function)
operator() (C++14) | returns value (public member function)

### Member types

Type | Definition
`value_type` | bool
`type` | std::integral_constant<bool, value>

### Notes

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

### Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <type_traits>

    class Foo
    {
        int v1;
        double v2;
    public:
        Foo(int n) : v1(n), v2() {}
        Foo(int n, double f) noexcept : v1(n), v2(f) {}
    };

    int main()
    {
        auto is = [](bool o) { return (o ? "\t" "is " : "\t" "isn't "); };
        std::cout << "Foo ...\n"
                  << is(std::is_trivially_constructible_v<Foo, const Foo&>)
                  << "Trivially-constructible from const Foo&\n"
                  << is(std::is_trivially_constructible_v<Foo, int>)
                  << "Trivially-constructible from int\n"
                  << is(std::is_constructible_v<Foo, int>)
                  << "Constructible from int\n"
                  << is(std::is_nothrow_constructible_v<Foo, int>)
                  << "Nothrow-constructible from int\n"
                  << is(std::is_nothrow_constructible_v<Foo, int, double>)
                  << "Nothrow-constructible from int and double\n";
    }

Output:

    Foo ...
            is Trivially-constructible from const Foo&
            isn't Trivially-constructible from int
            is Constructible from int
            isn't Nothrow-constructible from int
            is Nothrow-constructible from int and double

### See also

is_default_constructible is_trivially_default_constructible is_nothrow_default_constructible (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) | checks if a type has a default constructor (class template)
is_copy_constructible is_trivially_copy_constructible is_nothrow_copy_constructible (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) | checks if a type has a copy constructor (class template)
is_move_constructible is_trivially_move_constructible is_nothrow_move_constructible (C++11)(C++11)(C++11) | checks if a type can be constructed from an rvalue reference (class template)
constructible_from (C++20) | specifies that a variable of the type can be constructed from or bound to a set of argument types (concept)

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