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Defined in header <type_traits>
template< class T > struct is_default_constructible;	(1)	(since C++11)
template< class T > struct is_trivially_default_constructible;	(2)	(since C++11)
template< class T > struct is_nothrow_default_constructible;	(3)	(since C++11)

1) If std::is_constructible<T>::value is true, provides the member constant value equal to true, otherwise value is false.

2) If std::is_trivially_constructible<T>::value is true, provides the member constant value equal to true, otherwise value is false.

3) If std::is_nothrow_constructible<T>::value is true, provides the member constant value equal to true, otherwise value is false.

Helper variable templates

template< class T > constexpr bool is_default_constructible_v = is_default_constructible<T>::value;		(since C++17)
template< class T > constexpr bool is_trivially_default_constructible_v = is_trivially_default_constructible<T>::value;		(since C++17)
template< class T > constexpr bool is_nothrow_default_constructible_v = is_nothrow_default_constructible<T>::value;		(since C++17)

Inherited from std::integral_constant

Member constants

value [static]

true if T is default-constructible , 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>

Possible implementation

template< class T> struct is_default_constructible : std::is_constructible<T> {};   template< class T> struct is_trivially_default_constructible : std::is_trivially_constructible<T> {};   template< class T> struct is_nothrow_default_constructible : std::is_nothrow_constructible<T> {};

Notes

In many implementations, is_nothrow_default_constructible also checks if the destructor throws because it is effectively noexept(T()): GCC bug 51452 LWG issue 2116.

Example

Run this code

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

Output:

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

See also

is_constructibleis_trivially_constructibleis_nothrow_constructible (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)	checks if a type has a constructor for specific arguments (class template)
is_copy_constructibleis_trivially_copy_constructibleis_nothrow_copy_constructible (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)	checks if a type has a copy constructor (class template)
is_move_constructibleis_trivially_move_constructibleis_nothrow_move_constructible (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)	checks if a type can be constructed from an rvalue reference (class template)
std::experimental::is_default_constructible_v (library fundamentals TS)	variable template alias of std::is_default_constructible::value (variable template)
std::experimental::is_trivially_default_constructible_v (library fundamentals TS)	variable template alias of std::is_trivially_default_constructible::value (variable template)
std::experimental::is_nothrow_default_constructible_v (library fundamentals TS)	variable template alias of std::is_nothrow_default_constructible::value (variable template)