Re: copy constructor not being called

On Apr 15, 2:33 pm, suresh <suresh.amritap...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi
>
> In the following code, I expect the copy constructor to be called as
> per the textbooks but it is not being called. Could you please tell me
> why? g++ version 4.1.2
>
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> main ( )
> {
>    base b1 = 'x'; //why copy constructor not called here?

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> Could you please explain why?

I think compiler just optimized base b1='x'; to base b1('x');


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