std::vector capacity after copying

Question

• Does vector::operator= change vector capacity? If so, how?
• Does vector\'s copy constructor copy capacity?

I looked through documentation but c

Answer 1

1. As SGI STL vector soruce code shows below, operator= will reserve space for exactly n elements, i.e. _M_end_of_storage = _M_start + __xlen;.

    template 
    vector<_Tp,_Alloc>&
    vector<_Tp,_Alloc>::operator=(const vector<_Tp, _Alloc>& __x)
    {
      if (&__x != this) {
        const size_type __xlen = __x.size();
        if (__xlen > capacity()) {
          iterator __tmp = _M_allocate_and_copy(__xlen, __x.begin(), __x.end());
          destroy(_M_start, _M_finish);
          _M_deallocate(_M_start, _M_end_of_storage - _M_start);
          _M_start = __tmp;
          _M_end_of_storage = _M_start + __xlen;
        }
        else if (size() >= __xlen) {
          iterator __i = copy(__x.begin(), __x.end(), begin());
          destroy(__i, _M_finish);
        }
        else {
          copy(__x.begin(), __x.begin() + size(), _M_start);
          uninitialized_copy(__x.begin() + size(), __x.end(), _M_finish);
        }
        _M_finish = _M_start + __xlen;
      }
      return *this;
    }

2. As SGI STL vector soruce code shows below, vector's copy constructor will reserve space for exactly n elements, i.e. _M_end_of_storage = _M_start + __n;.

      template 
      vector(_InputIterator __first, _InputIterator __last,
             const allocator_type& __a = allocator_type()) : _Base(__a) {
        typedef typename _Is_integer<_InputIterator>::_Integral _Integral;
        _M_initialize_aux(__first, __last, _Integral());
      }

      template 
      void _M_initialize_aux(_Integer __n, _Integer __value, __true_type) {
        _M_start = _M_allocate(__n);
        _M_end_of_storage = _M_start + __n;
        _M_finish = uninitialized_fill_n(_M_start, __n, __value);
      }