object initialization

[ivory shoal]

Inside the makeTest function, is the test object initialized on the stack or the heap?

public:
  int a;
  test(int a):a(a){}
};

test makeTest(){
  return test(4);
}```

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[eager root]

Stack.

[ivory shoal]

int main() {
  test t = makeTest();
  cout << t.a;
}

If I call this in the main method

it's able to retrieve t.a, but shouldnt that be deleted because it's out of the makeTest method

[eager root]

No, because makeTest() returns the test by-value.
Some copying takes place and the t variable receives that copy.

[ivory shoal]

does a function always return a copy?

cause I remember trying to create an array in a function but that getting deleted if it wasnt in the heap

oh that might be cause an array is a pointer

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