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"Christopher" <> wrote in message
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> I am trying to make a copy constructor for a class that contains a vector
> for a data member. If I just do lhs.theVector = rhs.theVector will it do a
> deep copy and will the data in lhs still be safe when rhs deconstucts?

Yes

> I am
> reading a doc for vectors and it is saying "All constructors copy N
elements
> and perform no interim reallocation", but I don't know what interim
> reallocation means.

I think it means any necessary allocation will be performed in one go at the
start of the copy.

> Will all the STL containers behave in the same manner as
> it relates to this question?

Yes, except possibly std::string which might use reference counting with
copy on write rather than a deep copy. Either way the observable behaviour
is the same.

> Thanx,
> Christopher
>

john

John L Fjellstad wrote:

> John Harrison wrote:
>
>
>>Yes, except possibly std::string which might use reference counting with
>>copy on write rather than a deep copy. Either way the observable behaviour
>>is the same.
>
>
> Is std::string considered a standard container, though?
>

Sort of. Not really. Stroustrup classifies it as an "almost container".
It has many of the properties of containers, but not all. It can be used
by many of the standard algorithms. I'm not sure off the top of my head
what it is that disqualifies it as a "real" container.

-Kevin
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