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std::expected<T,E>::or_else

template< class F >
constexpr auto or_else( F&& f ) &;
(1) (since C++23)
template< class F >
constexpr auto or_else( F&& f ) const&;
(2) (since C++23)
template< class F >
constexpr auto or_else( F&& f ) &&;
(3) (since C++23)
template< class F >
constexpr auto or_else( F&& f ) const&&;
(4) (since C++23)

If *this contains an error value, invokes f and returns its result; otherwise, returns a std::expected object that contains a copy of value(). The contained value (error()) is passed as an argument to f.

Let G be:

The return type is G, which must be a specialization of std::expected, and std::is_same_v<G::value_type, T> must be true.

true
true

Parameters

f - a suitable function or Callable object that returns a std::expected

Return value

The result of f, or a std::expected object that contains a copy of the expected value, as described above.

Notes

Feature-test macro Value Std Comment
__cpp_lib_expected 202211L (C++23) Monadic functions for std::expected

Example

See also

(C++23)
returns the expected itself if it contains an expected value; otherwise, returns an expected containing the transformed unexpected value
(public member function)

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