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From: Ron Natalie <ron@sensor.com>
Subject: Re: a question about temporary exception object
Date: 1998/11/07
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> 
> I experimented with VC++6.0.  In both cases, the constructor was called
> once, but the destructor was called twice.  Did I do something wrong or
> is the compiler simply broken?
> 

I'm only running VC++ 5, but is it perhaps that you forgot
to put a print in your copy constructor?  I compiled your
test with my own Foo class with prints in the constructors
and destructors and got this:


Foo()
CAUGHT
~Foo()
Foo()
Foo(Foo&)
CAUGHT
~Foo()
~Foo()
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