Re: vector of objects. i don't understand this output

From:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:20:26 -0500
Message-ID:
<fqn6bb$51v$1@news.datemas.de>
Zachary Turner wrote:

#include <vector>
#include <iostream>

int g_unique = 0;

class TestClass
{
private:
  int _i;
  int _u;

public:
  TestClass(int i) : _i(i), _u(g_unique++) { std::cout <<
"Constructor " << _i << ", " << _u << std::endl; }
  TestClass(const TestClass& rhs) : _i(rhs._i), _u(g_unique++)
{ std::cout << "Copy constructor " << _i << ", " << _u << std::endl; }
  ~TestClass() { std::cout << "Destructor " << _i << ", " << _u <<
std::endl; }
};

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  std::vector<TestClass> test;

  std::cout << "Pushing back item 1" << std::endl;
  test.push_back(TestClass(1));
  std::cout << "Pushing back item 2" << std::endl;
  test.push_back(TestClass(2));

  std::cout << "Erasing item 1" << std::endl;
  test.erase(test.begin());

  return 0;
}

Output:
Pushing back item 1
Constructor 1, 0
Copy constructor 1, 1
Copy constructor 1, 2
Destructor 1, 1
Destructor 1, 0
Pushing back item 2
Constructor 2, 3
Copy constructor 2, 4
Copy constructor 1, 5
Copy constructor 2, 6
Destructor 1, 2
Destructor 2, 4
Destructor 2, 3

Erasing item 1
Destructor 2, 6
Destructor 2, 6

As we can see from this the following items get constructed:

1, 0
1, 1
1, 2
2, 3
2, 4
1, 5
2, 6

Makes sense so far. The global unique variable shows us that over the
life of the program, 7 unique items get created. I would expect a
matching destructor for every one of these, but instead we see that
the destructor sequence is as follows:

1, 1
1, 0
1, 2
2, 4
2, 3
2, 6
2, 6

2, 6 gets destroyed twice, and 1, 5 NEVER gets destroyed

Is this correct behavior, and if so why?


Track *assignment* as well.

V
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