Re: Class Destroys itself straight away!
"Gerry Hickman" wrote:
Thanks for the solution. Are there any articles/tutorials on
this?
There are plenty books and tutorials about C++ language. Get
yourself a decent textbook and add this link to the favorites:
"C++ FAQ LITE"
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/
I looked at the code here
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/classes.html
Is it because they are passing numeric constants direct that it
doesn't create a copy?
// example: class constructor
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class CRectangle {
int width, height;
public:
CRectangle (int,int);
int area () {return (width*height);}
};
CRectangle::CRectangle (int a, int b) {
width = a;
height = b;
}
No, copies are created anyway. But for simple int's making a copy
doesn't have any overhead. Actually, passing it by reference will
generate more instructions than simply copying it. It is different
for bigger types like `std::wstring' and other classes.
Alex
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