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    Question about constructors

    What does the following code do?

    Code:
    class Foo
    {};
    
    int main()
    {
    	Foo();
    }
    Is a Foo object created and then immediately destroyed? I've seen this used in a few examples and I don't understand what the purpose of Foo() is here.

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    When you declare a function Foo(); inside the class Foo, it will be a constructor...
    in that case it does nothing... but for instance, if you had a class like this

    Code:
    Class Foo{
    public:
    int x, int y;
    Foo(int a, int b){ x = a; y = b; }
    };
    when you declared an object with a and b it would call the constructor...
    Code:
    Foo FooObj(1, 2);
    and then FooObj.x would be 1 and FooObj.y would be 2... something like this :P...
    Last edited by Hirosh; 09-18-2009 at 06:10 AM.

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    I was more referring to the fact that main calls a constructor without binding the created object to a variable.

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    Can you give us a real example, with Foo defined?

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    What's wrong with the example above? It compiles without warnings, and I have no idea what it does.

    In particular, if Foo is a class, what does this do when used outside the class body:

    Code:
    Foo();

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    Quote Originally Posted by Memloop View Post
    What's wrong with the example above? It compiles without warnings, and I have no idea what it does.

    In particular, if Foo is a class, what does this do when used outside the class body:

    Code:
    Foo();
    Calls the constructor, creates a temporary object, then discards the temporary.

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