Jul 7, 2014 · In C++, as noted above, we don't need new to create an object. Rather, new means "allocate memory on the heap, construct the object in that memory, and return a pointer to it, …

An array name, cards in your code, contains the address of the first element of the array. Such addresses are allocated at run time and you cannot change them. Hence the compiler …

Jan 6, 2011 · It's not good to make array of objects. Much better is to make an array of pointers to objects. employee ** array; array = new employee[array_count]; // create an array of object …

Aug 19, 2021 · Just note that this will default-construct the array elements first, and then construct temporary objects to overwrite the array elements. If you want to avoid the temporaries, but …

Dec 20, 2011 · @FredOverflow: Well, as I said, you cannot do it in C++. Hypothetically it would be something like making a static array of "unconstructed" objects -- anything in which an object …

Feb 13, 2022 · Don't try to learn C++ by analogy with Java- C++ and Java are VERY different languages, even if they have some syntax in common. Learning C++ by analogy from Java is …

Oct 22, 2015 · At first, the returned array contains uninitialized memory of the correct size and alignment. Objects can be constructed in this array using placement new as you can see in the …

Oct 25, 2011 · The best practice for that would be to create an array of smart pointers - preferably either one of the Boost or C++11 versions - to the base class. Making it a pointer array …

Dec 8, 2016 · I would think this is just some beginners thing where there's a syntax that actually works when attempting to dynamically allocate an array of things that have internal dynamic …

Apr 15, 2011 · Many problems:. Missing semicolon on the closing brace of the class, as maverik noted; Use of string without using namespace std; or using std::string; (or #include <string> for …