From 8677532976723014440 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,64409d9769f709f0 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,64409d9769f709f0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Pete Becker Subject: Re: Is this legal C++? Date: 1998/08/07 Message-ID: <35CB8677.ADAED7F1@acm.org>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 378997246 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: petebecker.ne.mediaone.net Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) References: <01bdc100$f82d21b0$19011a12@bwing> <01bdc170$c51f6970$17031712@dialup-337> <35CA1929.64D06555@acm.org> <35CA2B19.15FB@wizard.net> X-UID: 0000000001 X-Status: $$$T Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: MediaOne -=- Northeast Region Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.std.c++ Originator: clamage@taumet The question wasn't about how to convert uninitialized memory to an object, but how to reinitialize an object that has already been constructed (although apparently incorrectly). That sounds like a silly distinction, but it's important: if you need to initialize uninitialized memory, as you say, there are may ways to do it. If you want to change an already existing object you are limited to using member functions. C++ tries its best to make it difficult to invoke constructors on objects that have already been constructed. -- Pete Becker Dinkumware, Ltd. http://www.dinkumware.com [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]