...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
Request the removal of unused capacity.
void shrink_to_fit();
This performs a non-binding request to reduce capacity()
to size()
. The request may or may not be
fulfilled.
At most, linear in size()
.
If reallocation occurs, all iterators including any past-the-end iterators, and all references to characters are invalidated. Otherwise, no iterators or references are invalidated.