Re: Am I misusing std::vector?
loose AT astron DOT nl wrote:
I was surprised by the output of the program below. From what I
understand from the C++ STL documentation, vector<T>::resize(N), will
create N *newly constructed* objects of T.
Resize takes an optional second argument that specifies the value for the
new elements, in the case of just one argument it is a default-constructed
object.
So, I expected *v[0].ip to
be equal to 0, and *v[sz-1].ip equal to -77. However, I discovered,
using a few different compilers (two different versions of gcc, and
icc), that both return -77. It turns out that only *one* object is
being constructed and this one object seems to be bitwise copied to the
other members.
No, it is not bitwise copied but simply copied using the copy
constructor...
struct A
{
A(int i = 0) { ip = new int(i); }
~A() { delete ip; }
int* ip;
};
....which is in this case the compiler-generated one that does a memberwise
copy, so all your objects end up with the same pointer 'ip'. Why this
happens and how to avoid it is documented in the FAQ at parashift.com.
Uli
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