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If I have a class A without default constructor and a class B 

class B {
  private:
    A m_a;

  public:
    B(A a) : m_a(a) {} 
};

How is m_a now initialized? By the assignment operator of A or by the copy constructor?

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    Copy constructor normally I would expect Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 12:08
  • You really can't initialize something with assignment. By that time, it's already initialized. Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 12:10

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By the copy constructor, since it's being copy-initialised.

The assignment operator is used for assignment to an existing object, never for initialisation of a new object.

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