Playing with Destructors in C++
Predict the output of the below code snippet.
1 #include <iostream>
2 using namespace std;
3
4 int i;
5
6 class A
7 {
8 public:
9 ~A()
10 {
11 i=10;
12 }
13 };
14
15 int foo()
16 {
17 i=3;
18 A ob;
19 return i;
20 }
21
22 int main()
23 {
24 cout << "i = " << foo() << endl;
25 return 0;
26 }
Output of the above program is “i = 3″.
Why the output is i= 3 and not 10?
While returning from a function, destructor is the last method to be executed. The destructor for the object “ob” is called after the value of i is copied to the return value of the function. So, before destructor could change the value of i to 10, the current value of i gets copied & hence the output is i = 3.
How to make the program to output “i = 10″ ?
Following are two ways of returning updated value:
1) Return by Reference:
Since reference gives the l-value of the variable,by using return by reference the program will output “i = 10″.
1 #include <iostream>
2 using namespace std;
3
4 int i;
5
6 class A
7 {
8 public:
9 ~A()
10 {
11 i = 10;
12 }
13 };
14
15 int& foo()
16 {
17 i = 3;
18 A ob;
19 return i;
20 }
21
22 int main()
23 {
24 cout << "i = " << foo() << endl;
25 return 0;
26 }
The function foo() returns the l-value of the variable i. So, the address of i will be copied in the return value.
Since, the references are automatically dereferened. It will output “i = 10″.
2) Create the object ob in a block scope
1 #include <iostream>
2 using namespace std;
3
4 int i;
5
6 class A
7 {
8 public:
9 ~A()
10 {
11 i = 10;
12 }
13 };
14
15 int foo()
16 {
17 i = 3;
18 {
19 A ob;
20 }
21 return i;
22 }
23
24 int main()
25 {
26 cout << "i = " << foo() << endl;
27 return 0;
28 }
Since the object ob is created in the block scope, the destructor of the object will be called after the block ends, thereby changing the value of i to 10. Finally 10 will copied to the return value.
This article is compiled by Aashish Barnwal and reviewed by GeeksforGeeks team.
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2013-11-26 11:06:08
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