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Lecture 6

This document discusses various constructors and destructors in C++ object oriented programming. It explains that constructors can initialize data members through assignment or initializer lists. Default copy constructors allow creating objects that are copies of existing objects. Destructors deallocate resources used by an object and are implicitly called when objects go out of scope.

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Lecture 6

This document discusses various constructors and destructors in C++ object oriented programming. It explains that constructors can initialize data members through assignment or initializer lists. Default copy constructors allow creating objects that are copies of existing objects. Destructors deallocate resources used by an object and are implicitly called when objects go out of scope.

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CS-212

OBJECT ORIENTED
PROGRAMMING
MEHREEN TAHIR
Constructors
• At object declaration time, all data members
have garbage value
• Only public data members can be initialized at
object declaration time
• Constructor can initialize all data members
Types
• Default Constructor
– Also called no argument constructor
– A constructor with default parameter values
• Parameterized Constructor OR Overloaded
• Constructor
– Simple Parameterized Constructor
– Copy Constructor
• Initializer list Constructor
Initializer List Constructor
• Constructor initialize private data members
– Through Assignment
• For initialization using assignment the data member is
created first and then initialized
– Through Initializer list
• The initial value is used to initialize the data member
(as it is created)
Initializer List Constructor
• When a constructor is used to initialize other
members, these other members can be
initialized directly, without resorting to
statements in its body
• This is done by inserting, before the
constructor's body, a colon and a list of
initializations for class members
Default Copy Constructors
• Suppose we declare and initialize box object
firstBox with this statement
• Box B1(10, 15, 10);
• Now we want to create another box object ,
identical to the first.
• We want to initialize 2nd box object with first
• Box B2=B1
Default Copy Constructors
• The compiler generates a default version of
what is referred to as a copy constructor
• A copy constructor creates an object of a class
by initializing it with an existing object of the
same class.
• The default version of copy constructor
creates new object by copying existing object
member by member.
Default Copy Constructors
• You can use the copy constructor in this way
for any data types
• The default copy constructor is fine for simple
classes
• But for many classes that have pointer as
members may produce undesirable results
User Defined Copy Constructor
Destructors
• Every Class has a Destructor
• If you do not explicitly provide a destructor,
the compiler creates an “empty” destructor

• It works implicitly
Destructors
• To de allocate anything that was allocated
during the lifetime of an object
• If you have not allocated anything in the
lifetime of an object, there is no point in
having a destructor in your class
Destructors
• A class’s destructor is called implicitly when an
object is destroyed.
• An automatic object is destroyed when
program execution leaves the scope in which
that object was instantiated
– Scope refers to the life time of an object
– For example: The function that created an object
is finished, it will automatically call its destructor
Destructors
• A default destructor provided by the compiler
do nothing
• Only one destructor per function class
• No arguments no return values
• Public member function automatically called
when an object is destroyed
Destructors
• Has no return type
• Takes no arguments
• Only 1 destructor is allowed per class (i.e., it
cannot be overloaded)
• ERRORS in destructors??

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