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C++ copy constructor called at return


In which situations is the C++ copy constructor called?What are the differences between a pointer variable and a reference variable in C++?Why don't C++ compilers define operator== and operator!=?What is the lifetime of a static variable in a C++ function?Can I call a constructor from another constructor (do constructor chaining) in C++?Inheriting constructorsHow can I profile C++ code running on Linux?The Definitive C++ Book Guide and ListWhen to use virtual destructors?What is the “-->” operator in C++?What is the copy-and-swap idiom?













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error: use of deleted function 'A::A(const A&)'
 return tmp;
 ^~~


Why is the copy constructor called only when there is a virtual destructor in A? How to avoid this?



struct B ;

struct A
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;
 virtual ~A() = default;
;

A f() 
 A tmp;
 return tmp;






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  • At the moment, I can't verify that snippet because there's no B given.

    – Tzalumen
    59 mins ago











  • see: In which situations is the C++ copy constructor called?

    – kmdreko
    57 mins ago






  • 2





    C++ handles objects different than C#/Java. When an instance goes out of scope (tmp here) its destructor must be called. Therefore, when you return tmp then you're asking it to make a copy of tmp to be return to whomever calls the function. Once copied, tmp will be destroyed and its copy will be available for use.

    – Everyone
    57 mins ago















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error: use of deleted function 'A::A(const A&)'
 return tmp;
 ^~~


Why is the copy constructor called only when there is a virtual destructor in A? How to avoid this?



struct B ;

struct A
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;
 virtual ~A() = default;
;

A f() 
 A tmp;
 return tmp;






c++







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  • At the moment, I can't verify that snippet because there's no B given.

    – Tzalumen
    59 mins ago











  • see: In which situations is the C++ copy constructor called?

    – kmdreko
    57 mins ago






  • 2





    C++ handles objects different than C#/Java. When an instance goes out of scope (tmp here) its destructor must be called. Therefore, when you return tmp then you're asking it to make a copy of tmp to be return to whomever calls the function. Once copied, tmp will be destroyed and its copy will be available for use.

    – Everyone
    57 mins ago













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error: use of deleted function 'A::A(const A&)'
 return tmp;
 ^~~


Why is the copy constructor called only when there is a virtual destructor in A? How to avoid this?



struct B ;

struct A
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;
 virtual ~A() = default;
;

A f() 
 A tmp;
 return tmp;






c++







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error: use of deleted function 'A::A(const A&)'
 return tmp;
 ^~~


Why is the copy constructor called only when there is a virtual destructor in A? How to avoid this?



struct B ;

struct A
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;
 virtual ~A() = default;
;

A f() 
 A tmp;
 return tmp;






c++




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  • At the moment, I can't verify that snippet because there's no B given.

    – Tzalumen
    59 mins ago











  • see: In which situations is the C++ copy constructor called?

    – kmdreko
    57 mins ago






  • 2





    C++ handles objects different than C#/Java. When an instance goes out of scope (tmp here) its destructor must be called. Therefore, when you return tmp then you're asking it to make a copy of tmp to be return to whomever calls the function. Once copied, tmp will be destroyed and its copy will be available for use.

    – Everyone
    57 mins ago

















  • At the moment, I can't verify that snippet because there's no B given.

    – Tzalumen
    59 mins ago











  • see: In which situations is the C++ copy constructor called?

    – kmdreko
    57 mins ago






  • 2





    C++ handles objects different than C#/Java. When an instance goes out of scope (tmp here) its destructor must be called. Therefore, when you return tmp then you're asking it to make a copy of tmp to be return to whomever calls the function. Once copied, tmp will be destroyed and its copy will be available for use.

    – Everyone
    57 mins ago
















At the moment, I can't verify that snippet because there's no B given.

– Tzalumen
59 mins ago





At the moment, I can't verify that snippet because there's no B given.

– Tzalumen
59 mins ago













see: In which situations is the C++ copy constructor called?

– kmdreko
57 mins ago





see: In which situations is the C++ copy constructor called?

– kmdreko
57 mins ago




2




2





C++ handles objects different than C#/Java. When an instance goes out of scope (tmp here) its destructor must be called. Therefore, when you return tmp then you're asking it to make a copy of tmp to be return to whomever calls the function. Once copied, tmp will be destroyed and its copy will be available for use.

– Everyone
57 mins ago





C++ handles objects different than C#/Java. When an instance goes out of scope (tmp here) its destructor must be called. Therefore, when you return tmp then you're asking it to make a copy of tmp to be return to whomever calls the function. Once copied, tmp will be destroyed and its copy will be available for use.

– Everyone
57 mins ago












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virtual ~A() = default; is a user declared destructor. Because of that, A no longer has a move constructor. That means return tmp; can't move tmp and since tmp is not copyable, you get a compiler error.



There are two ways you can fix this. You can add a move constructor like



struct A
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;

 A() = default; // you have to add this since the move constructor was added
 A(A&&) = default; // defaulted move
 virtual ~A() = default;
;


or you can create a base class that has the virtual destructor and inherit from that like



struct C 
 virtual ~C() = default;
;

struct A : C 
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;
;





share|improve this answer




















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    Better to follow the Rule of Zero/Five. Either add all of (copy ctor, move ctor, copy assignment, move assignment, destructor) or add none of them. In this example, none of them are necessary.

    – 0x5453
    53 mins ago






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    @0x5453 Unless this is a parent class and the OP wants the derived classes to get destroyed properly. You need a virtual destructor if you have polymorphism.

    – NathanOliver
    51 mins ago






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    @Tzalumen no delete is required (because that's what the unique pointer does for you), but a virtual destructor is required so that the unique pointer won't have UB.

    – eerorika
    46 mins ago







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    @Tzalumen If you delete an object of class X through a pointer to a base class of X and that base class doesn't have a virtual dtor, it's Undefined Behaviour. Regardless of what the destructor does.

    – Angew
    45 mins ago






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    @Tzalumen If you have polymorphism, you must have a virtual destructor. If you don't the destructor for the derived class won't be called and you have UB.

    – NathanOliver
    44 mins ago











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virtual ~A() = default; is a user declared destructor. Because of that, A no longer has a move constructor. That means return tmp; can't move tmp and since tmp is not copyable, you get a compiler error.



There are two ways you can fix this. You can add a move constructor like



struct A
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;

 A() = default; // you have to add this since the move constructor was added
 A(A&&) = default; // defaulted move
 virtual ~A() = default;
;


or you can create a base class that has the virtual destructor and inherit from that like



struct C 
 virtual ~C() = default;
;

struct A : C 
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;
;





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    Better to follow the Rule of Zero/Five. Either add all of (copy ctor, move ctor, copy assignment, move assignment, destructor) or add none of them. In this example, none of them are necessary.

    – 0x5453
    53 mins ago






  • 1





    @0x5453 Unless this is a parent class and the OP wants the derived classes to get destroyed properly. You need a virtual destructor if you have polymorphism.

    – NathanOliver
    51 mins ago






  • 2





    @Tzalumen no delete is required (because that's what the unique pointer does for you), but a virtual destructor is required so that the unique pointer won't have UB.

    – eerorika
    46 mins ago







  • 2





    @Tzalumen If you delete an object of class X through a pointer to a base class of X and that base class doesn't have a virtual dtor, it's Undefined Behaviour. Regardless of what the destructor does.

    – Angew
    45 mins ago






  • 2





    @Tzalumen If you have polymorphism, you must have a virtual destructor. If you don't the destructor for the derived class won't be called and you have UB.

    – NathanOliver
    44 mins ago
















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virtual ~A() = default; is a user declared destructor. Because of that, A no longer has a move constructor. That means return tmp; can't move tmp and since tmp is not copyable, you get a compiler error.



There are two ways you can fix this. You can add a move constructor like



struct A
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;

 A() = default; // you have to add this since the move constructor was added
 A(A&&) = default; // defaulted move
 virtual ~A() = default;
;


or you can create a base class that has the virtual destructor and inherit from that like



struct C 
 virtual ~C() = default;
;

struct A : C 
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;
;





share|improve this answer




















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    Better to follow the Rule of Zero/Five. Either add all of (copy ctor, move ctor, copy assignment, move assignment, destructor) or add none of them. In this example, none of them are necessary.

    – 0x5453
    53 mins ago






  • 1





    @0x5453 Unless this is a parent class and the OP wants the derived classes to get destroyed properly. You need a virtual destructor if you have polymorphism.

    – NathanOliver
    51 mins ago






  • 2





    @Tzalumen no delete is required (because that's what the unique pointer does for you), but a virtual destructor is required so that the unique pointer won't have UB.

    – eerorika
    46 mins ago







  • 2





    @Tzalumen If you delete an object of class X through a pointer to a base class of X and that base class doesn't have a virtual dtor, it's Undefined Behaviour. Regardless of what the destructor does.

    – Angew
    45 mins ago






  • 2





    @Tzalumen If you have polymorphism, you must have a virtual destructor. If you don't the destructor for the derived class won't be called and you have UB.

    – NathanOliver
    44 mins ago














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virtual ~A() = default; is a user declared destructor. Because of that, A no longer has a move constructor. That means return tmp; can't move tmp and since tmp is not copyable, you get a compiler error.



There are two ways you can fix this. You can add a move constructor like



struct A
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;

 A() = default; // you have to add this since the move constructor was added
 A(A&&) = default; // defaulted move
 virtual ~A() = default;
;


or you can create a base class that has the virtual destructor and inherit from that like



struct C 
 virtual ~C() = default;
;

struct A : C 
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;
;





share|improve this answer















virtual ~A() = default; is a user declared destructor. Because of that, A no longer has a move constructor. That means return tmp; can't move tmp and since tmp is not copyable, you get a compiler error.



There are two ways you can fix this. You can add a move constructor like



struct A
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;

 A() = default; // you have to add this since the move constructor was added
 A(A&&) = default; // defaulted move
 virtual ~A() = default;
;


or you can create a base class that has the virtual destructor and inherit from that like



struct C 
 virtual ~C() = default;
;

struct A : C 
 std::unique_ptr<B> x;
;






share|improve this answer














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    Better to follow the Rule of Zero/Five. Either add all of (copy ctor, move ctor, copy assignment, move assignment, destructor) or add none of them. In this example, none of them are necessary.

    – 0x5453
    53 mins ago






  • 1





    @0x5453 Unless this is a parent class and the OP wants the derived classes to get destroyed properly. You need a virtual destructor if you have polymorphism.

    – NathanOliver
    51 mins ago






  • 2





    @Tzalumen no delete is required (because that's what the unique pointer does for you), but a virtual destructor is required so that the unique pointer won't have UB.

    – eerorika
    46 mins ago







  • 2





    @Tzalumen If you delete an object of class X through a pointer to a base class of X and that base class doesn't have a virtual dtor, it's Undefined Behaviour. Regardless of what the destructor does.

    – Angew
    45 mins ago






  • 2





    @Tzalumen If you have polymorphism, you must have a virtual destructor. If you don't the destructor for the derived class won't be called and you have UB.

    – NathanOliver
    44 mins ago













  • 4





    Better to follow the Rule of Zero/Five. Either add all of (copy ctor, move ctor, copy assignment, move assignment, destructor) or add none of them. In this example, none of them are necessary.

    – 0x5453
    53 mins ago






  • 1





    @0x5453 Unless this is a parent class and the OP wants the derived classes to get destroyed properly. You need a virtual destructor if you have polymorphism.

    – NathanOliver
    51 mins ago






  • 2





    @Tzalumen no delete is required (because that's what the unique pointer does for you), but a virtual destructor is required so that the unique pointer won't have UB.

    – eerorika
    46 mins ago







  • 2





    @Tzalumen If you delete an object of class X through a pointer to a base class of X and that base class doesn't have a virtual dtor, it's Undefined Behaviour. Regardless of what the destructor does.

    – Angew
    45 mins ago






  • 2





    @Tzalumen If you have polymorphism, you must have a virtual destructor. If you don't the destructor for the derived class won't be called and you have UB.

    – NathanOliver
    44 mins ago








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Better to follow the Rule of Zero/Five. Either add all of (copy ctor, move ctor, copy assignment, move assignment, destructor) or add none of them. In this example, none of them are necessary.

– 0x5453
53 mins ago





Better to follow the Rule of Zero/Five. Either add all of (copy ctor, move ctor, copy assignment, move assignment, destructor) or add none of them. In this example, none of them are necessary.

– 0x5453
53 mins ago




1




1





@0x5453 Unless this is a parent class and the OP wants the derived classes to get destroyed properly. You need a virtual destructor if you have polymorphism.

– NathanOliver
51 mins ago





@0x5453 Unless this is a parent class and the OP wants the derived classes to get destroyed properly. You need a virtual destructor if you have polymorphism.

– NathanOliver
51 mins ago




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2





@Tzalumen no delete is required (because that's what the unique pointer does for you), but a virtual destructor is required so that the unique pointer won't have UB.

– eerorika
46 mins ago






@Tzalumen no delete is required (because that's what the unique pointer does for you), but a virtual destructor is required so that the unique pointer won't have UB.

– eerorika
46 mins ago





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@Tzalumen If you delete an object of class X through a pointer to a base class of X and that base class doesn't have a virtual dtor, it's Undefined Behaviour. Regardless of what the destructor does.

– Angew
45 mins ago





@Tzalumen If you delete an object of class X through a pointer to a base class of X and that base class doesn't have a virtual dtor, it's Undefined Behaviour. Regardless of what the destructor does.

– Angew
45 mins ago




2




2





@Tzalumen If you have polymorphism, you must have a virtual destructor. If you don't the destructor for the derived class won't be called and you have UB.

– NathanOliver
44 mins ago






@Tzalumen If you have polymorphism, you must have a virtual destructor. If you don't the destructor for the derived class won't be called and you have UB.

– NathanOliver
44 mins ago













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