unique-pointers/raw-ptr1.cc - An illustration of raw pointers. | Lecture 4 - slide 12 : 35 Program 3 |
// Programming with C-style, raw pointers to Point, before we illustrate the use of smart pointers. #include <memory> #include <iostream> #include <string> #include "point.h" using namespace std; void f(Point *pp1){ Point *ap1{pp1}, // Copy pointer to ap1 *ap2{new Point(3,4)}; // Allocate second point here. ap2 points to it. // Do something... cout << "ap1: " << *ap1 << endl; // (1,2) cout << "ap2: " << *ap2 << endl; // (3,4) ap2->displace(1,1); cout << "ap2: " << *ap2 << endl; // (4,5) cout << "ap1-ap2 dist: " << ap1->distance_to(*ap2) << endl; // 4.24264 ap2 = ap1; // Copy a pointer. (3,4) is lost here. // Print ap1 and ap2 if (ap1) // (1,2) cout << "ap1: " << *ap1 << endl; else cout << "ap1 is nullptr" << endl; if (ap2) // (1,2) cout << "ap2: " << *ap2 << endl; else cout << "ap2 is nullptr" << endl; // Both points survive on the heap. Memory for (3,4) leaks! } int main(){ Point *p = new Point(1,2); // Allocate first point here f(p); // Pass pointer to (1,2) to f. cout << "p: " << *p << endl; // (1,2) }