Re: Lifetime of a temporary that is bound to a reference
"Markus Schoder" <a3vr6dsg-usenet@yahoo.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:pan.2007.05.21.23.30.23@yahoo.de...
#include <iostream>
class Foo
{
const int& m_value;
public:
Foo( const int& value ) : m_value( value ) {} void f() { std::cout
<< m_value << std::endl; }
};
Foo x( 42 );
int main()
{
// Output is "1" on VC++
// 2005 Express Edition.
x.f();
}
The lifetime of temporaries bound to a constructor's parameters lasts
until the initialisation is completed. So this example has undefined
behaviour.
Until the initialisation is complete? Does that mean that the following
example has undefined behaviour as well?
#include <iostream>
class Foo { /* same as before */ };
int main()
{
Foo( 42 ).f();
}
Note that the call to Foo:f() occurs after the constructor has completed.
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