understanding flow between object creation and member initialization list

[sks]

hi ,
i Have a code snippet as follows
class ABC
{
int &r;
ABC(int a=0): r(a) {}
};

int main()
{
ABC obj;
return 0;
}

We all know that object is created then constructor is called . my
question is what is the status of object when member initialization
list is called .

 

[Pavel Vozenilek]

class ABC
{
int &r;
ABC(int a=0): r(a) {}
};

int main()
{
ABC obj;
return 0;
}

We all know that object is created then constructor is called . my
question is what is the status of object when member initialization
list is called .

The member list initialisation happens before
constructor body is entered.

The members in the list are initialised in the same
order as they are declared in class body,
NOT in the order they were put in the initialisation list.

/Pavel

 

[Alf P. Steinbach]

* sks:

hi ,
i Have a code snippet as follows
class ABC
{
int &r;
ABC(int a=0): r(a) {}

Undefined behavior.

};

int main()
{
ABC obj;
return 0;
}

We all know that object is created then constructor is called .

An object of class T is considered to have been created (to exist) when
the class T constructor has finished execution successfully.

my question is what is the status of object when member initialization
list is called .

The initialization list is not "called" in any sensible meaning of the
word, it's executed.

Before that memory has been allocated for the object, but this memory is
uninitialized.

 

[sks]

* sks:

Undefined behavior.


An object of class T is considered to have been created (to exist) when
the class T constructor has finished execution successfully.



The initialization list is not "called" in any sensible meaning of the
word, it's executed.

Before that memory has been allocated for the object, but this memory is
uninitialized.

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if the object is not created then why does the control go to the
initialization list

 

[Alf P. Steinbach]

* sks:

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