deduction guides for std::optional - cppreference.com

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template< class T > optional(T) -> optional<T>;		(since C++17)

One deduction guide is provided for std::optional to account for the edge cases missed by the implicit deduction guides, in particular, non-copyable arguments and array to pointer conversion.

Example

#include <optional>
#include <type_traits>

int main()
{
    int a[2];
    std::optional oa{a}; // uses explicit deduction guide
    static_assert(std::is_same_v<decltype(oa), std::optional<int*>> == true);
}