Re: Copy C'tor - doubt

From:
"marcin.sfider@gmail.com" <marcin.sfider@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
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Date:
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:54:47 CST
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On 20 Lis, 00:04, AY <techreposit...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a situation where I'm required to generate a copy of an object.
I have simplified the class into a tiny one, but in reality its a huge
class with multiple struct types as data member.

Here is my simplified class:

class AB
{
         private:
                 int a;
         public:

         AB(int ar): a(ar){}

         AB(const AB& arg)
         {
                 a = arg.a;
         }

};

int main()
{
         AB* ab = new AB(7);

         //AB* cd = new AB;

         AB* cd(ab);

         return 0;

}

My Qn is in the statement - AB* cd(ab);

Does object 'cd' uses the same memory as object 'ab' ?

Is any memory allocated in the heap for 'cd' like 'ab' [ I do not
think, maybe I'm wrong ] ?

What happens here exactly.

Thanks in advance friends,
- AY


In your example cd is a copy of ab pointer, not object pointed by ab.
You call copy constructor the same way you call other constructors:

AB* cd = new AB(ab); // on heap

or

AB cd(ab); // on stack

Cheers
Sfider

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