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I'm not sure whats up, but maybe this is another suttle thing that has slipped by without causing a problem...
It seems I have an array of objects which do not call there constructors when the array is resized...
The objects contains class' which NEED there constructors called...
Forget me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression the constructor function is only called when using the new operator?
no, it definetly calls any time an object is instantiated...
I figured that would reach out to malloc or new calls.
Nope, penegate is right. New and Delete is the C++ way, where you have classes and objects, that can contain constructors, destructors.
Malloc and Free is the C way with no classes and object, hence no constructor and destructor call either.
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bah!
Well my array class has to use malloc/realloc since it has resize memory a lot faster than new can (resize using new = temp memory, expand, copy temp to new memory, delete temp... realloc = resizes current memory and/or moves it all to a new spot.)
Well then after you malloc/realloc you then need to call the constructors manually seeing as that's what new does ;)
Placement new, to be precise:
Code:void *mem = malloc(sizeof(TheClass));
TheClass *ptr = new (mem) TheClass(bla);