Should I explicitly tell the compiler to move the string in this case?

Question

void SomeClass::setName(std::string name)
{
    name_ = std::move(name);
}

Is this explicit std::move() redundant for the compiler?

Answer 1

Is this explicit std::move() redundant for the compiler?

No. Without std::move() the operand would be an lvalue and thus you would be using the copy assignment operator.