Re: Can I pass auto_ptr in this way?
* zl2k, on 07.09.2010 05:08:
hi, there,
Can I pass auto_ptr in the following manner?
auto_ptr<T> obj; // The obj is not initialized and null here, right?
function(obj);
// Do I get the initialized obj here?
void function(auto_ptr<T> obj){// can I pass a null auto_ptr into the
function and get initialized inside?
obj(new T());
}
No, for two reasons.
First, regardless of the functionality of std::auto_ptr, when you pass an object
O by value, like foo(O) where foo's formal argument is by value, then the effect
is a copy construction of the formal argument from the actual argument. This
means that foo can't do anything directly with the original actual argument.
Secondly, the syntax
obj( new T() );
as a statement is a function call, and when obj is of class type it means
obj.operator()( new T() )
but std::auto_ptr has no operator(), no function call operator.
What you can do is something like
auto_ptr<T> foo() { return auto_ptr<T>( new T() ); }
//...
auto_ptr<T> o1( foo() );
auto_ptr<T> o2 = foo();
Cheers & hth.,
- Alf
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