Created object on stack and then returned this object to caller. Item deleted but still there??

[opistobranchia]

blah
F test = getF();
// Print out shows that an F object was destroyed by the ~F. F set
var to 0 on delete;
test.print();
//reveals that var is still 123
value is 123 still instead of 0

F getF()
{
F f;
//default is 0;
f.setVar(123);
return f;
}

I thought since I created this on the stack instead of the heap that I
would run into problems. I have not overloaded anything. I thought
the best way would be to return a pointer to the heap and create the
object on the heap as well.

What did I miss, and why does this work? I thought that I had to do
some overloading to make data copy as well.

 

[Larry I Smith]

blah
F test = getF();
// Print out shows that an F object was destroyed by the ~F. F set
var to 0 on delete;
test.print();
//reveals that var is still 123
value is 123 still instead of 0

F getF()
{
F f;
//default is 0;
f.setVar(123);
return f;
}

I thought since I created this on the stack instead of the heap that I
would run into problems. I have not overloaded anything. I thought
the best way would be to return a pointer to the heap and create the
object on the heap as well.

What did I miss, and why does this work? I thought that I had to do
some overloading to make data copy as well.

getF() returns an 'F' object, not a ref or pointer to an 'F', but
a full 'F' object. So, a COPY of the 'F' created inside getF() is
returned, then 'test' is initialized from that copy. The 'F' created
inside getF() is destroyed when getF() returns, but the (unnamed)
copy created from it is returned from getF(), used to init 'test', then
deleted.

Larry