when can we use copy constructor?

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when can we use copy constructor?..

Answer / richa

A copy constructor is used in 3 cases.They are listed below:
a)When an object is created from another object of the same
type.
b)When an object is passed by value as a parameter to a
function.
c)When an object is returned from a pointer.

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when can we use copy constructor?..

Answer / amar

Copy constructors is used in following cases.
1) When object is passed by values to a fucntion
2) when function returns object by value
3) When new object is created from exixting object using
overlaoded = operator.

If user has not defined its own copy constructor, compiler
synthesised constructor would be called which will do
shallow copy. So if you have pointer in your class then only
the pointer value is copied and not the contents which
pointer points to.

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when can we use copy constructor?..

Answer / sagarson

Copy constructors are called in following cases:
a) when a function returns an object of that class by value
b) when the object of that class is passed by value as an
argument to a function
c) when you construct an object based on another object of
the same class
d) When compiler generates a temporary object

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when can we use copy constructor?..

Answer / namitha

A copy constructor is used in the following cases.
-When an object is created from another object of the same
type.
-When an object is passed by value as a parameter to a
function.
-When an object is returned from a pointer.
-when we want to set a default value for the data members.

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when can we use copy constructor?..

Answer / ram

ishwarya rai is so beautiful but now she is wife of bachan so how to get another ishwarya very simple by using copy constructor we will get another ishwarya rai

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when can we use copy constructor?..

Answer / praveen

A copy constructor is used in the following cases.
* When compiler generates a temporary object.
* When an object is return type of pointer.
* This is a temporary object.

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