boost::optional

std::optional

optional<int> o = none;

optional<int> o = nullopt;

Different name for no-value tag.

optional<X> o {in_place_init, a, b};

optional<int> o {in_place, a, b};

Different name for in-place initialization tag.

optional<vector<int>> o {in_place, {1, 2, 3}};

o.emplace({4, 5, 6});

No in-place initialization with initializer-list in boost.

optional<X> o {in_place_init_if, cond, a, b};

No syntax for conditional in-place initialization in std.

optional<X> o {cond, x};

No syntax for conditional initialization from T in std.

optional<T> o {U{}};

optional<T> o {optional<U>{}};

optional<T> o = U{};

optional<T> o = optional<U>{}

Constructors form U and optional<U> are explicit in boost and implicit in std.

optional o = 1;

No clever deduction of of optional's template parameters in initialization in boost.

optional<X const&> o;

No optional references in std.

constexpr optional<int> o;

No constexpr interface in boost.

o.map(&f);

o.flat_map(&of);

o.transform(&f);

o.and_then(&of);

Different names and signatures for monadic interface functions. boost takes callbacks by value, std by universal reference.

o.or_else(&of);

No or_else function in boost.

o.value_or_eval(&f);

No value_or_eval function in std.

optional<T>{} == U{};

optional<T>{} == optional<U>{}

No comparisons with U or optional<U> in boost.

make_optional(cond, v);

No make_optional with condition in std.

make_optional<T>(a, b);

No make_optional with specified T in boost.

std::cout << optional<int>{};

No printing to IOStreams in std.