From a1b57262712392b8d5f30a095a7e569cb12ce3a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CHatingPython <chatingpython@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 11:10:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(handle): remove non-pointer handle

Previous commit rendered it obsolete.

Refs: #1
---
 furc/include/furc/handle.hpp | 91 ------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 91 deletions(-)

diff --git a/furc/include/furc/handle.hpp b/furc/include/furc/handle.hpp
index 85cfb4e..e0b9d2e 100644
--- a/furc/include/furc/handle.hpp
+++ b/furc/include/furc/handle.hpp
@@ -15,97 +15,6 @@ namespace furc {
 template <typename T, typename Error = std::string, typename = void>
 class handle;
 
-template <typename T, typename Error>
-class handle<T, Error> {
-    template <typename, typename, typename>
-    friend class handle;
-
-    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const handle& result);
-public:
-    using value_type      = std::remove_reference_t<T>;
-    using pointer         = value_type*;
-    using const_pointer   = const value_type*;
-    using reference       = T&;
-    using const_reference = const T&;
-public:
-    handle(location location, value_type&& value)
-      : m_location(location), m_value(std::move(value)) {}
-
-    template <typename... Args, typename = std::enable_if_t<std::is_constructible_v<value_type, Args...>>>
-    handle(location location, Args&&... args)
-      : m_location(location), m_value(value_type(std::forward<Args>(args)...)) {}
-
-    handle(location location, Error&& error)
-      : m_location(location), m_error(std::move(error)) {}
-
-    template <typename U>
-    handle(const handle<U, Error>& error)
-      : m_location(error.location()), m_error(error.error()) {}
-
-    ~handle() = default;
-
-    handle(handle&& other) noexcept
-      : m_location(other.m_location), m_value(std::move(other.m_value)), m_error(std::move(other.m_error)) {
-        other.m_value.reset();
-    }
-
-    handle(const handle&) = delete;
-
-    handle& operator=(handle&& other) noexcept {
-        if (this == &other) return *this;
-        m_location = other.m_location;
-        m_value    = other.m_value;
-        m_error    = std::move(other.m_error);
-        other.m_value.reset();
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    handle& operator=(const handle&) = delete;
-public:
-    location location() const { return m_location; }
-
-    bool present() const { return m_value.has_value(); }
-    bool has_error() const { return !m_value.has_value(); }
-
-    value_type move() {
-        value_type value = std::move(*m_value);
-        m_value.reset();
-        return value;
-    }
-
-    Error error() const { return m_error; }
-
-    reference       operator*() { return m_value.value(); }         // NOLINT(bugprone-unchecked-optional-access)
-    const_reference operator*() const { return m_value.value(); }   // NOLINT(bugprone-unchecked-optional-access)
-    pointer         operator->() { return &m_value.value(); }       // NOLINT(bugprone-unchecked-optional-access)
-    const_pointer   operator->() const { return &m_value.value(); } // NOLINT(bugprone-unchecked-optional-access)
-public:
-    bool operator==(const handle<T, Error>& rhs) const {
-        if (present() != rhs.present() || error() != rhs.error()) return false;
-        if (m_value.has_value() && m_value.value() != rhs.m_value.value()) // NOLINT(bugprone-unchecked-optional-access)
-            return false;
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    bool operator==(const T& rhs) const {
-        return m_value.has_value() && *m_value == rhs; // NOLINT(bugprone-unchecked-optional-access)
-    }
-public:
-    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const handle& result) {
-        os << result.m_location << ": ";
-        if (result.m_value.has_value()) {
-            os << *result.m_value;
-        } else {
-            os << "ERROR: " << result.m_error;
-        }
-        return os;
-    }
-private:
-    struct location           m_location;
-    std::optional<value_type> m_value = {};
-    Error                     m_error;
-};
-
 template <typename T, typename Error>
 class handle<T*, Error> {
     template <typename, typename, typename>