You can, of course, make a situation where you can pass a reference to a malformed instance. On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:11 AM, Christian Schladetsch < christian.schladetsch@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Andrey Semashev < andrey.semashev@gmail.com> wrote:
Christian Schladetsch wrote:
Sure, but this is basic C++. Before the ctor to grammar(...) is invoked, the arguments to it have been evaluated. This requires construction of its arguments.
That is not true. The base class constructor is called _before_ any members are constructed. Try it yourself.
I am not sure what you are referring to. Before the C++ compiler passes a reference to something, it has constructed it. The example you gave was of a ctor taking a reference. Before that ctor is executed, I will personally guarantee that it and all it's base classes have been constructed.
You are working under a delusion that should be corrected very soon.
Regards, Christian