From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.31.154.65 with SMTP id c62mr74492397vke.8.1452476272179; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:37:52 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.55.100 with SMTP id r4mr64276obp.11.1452476272108; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:37:52 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!6no4176152qgy.0!news-out.google.com!kr2ni1472igb.0!nntp.google.com!h5no2803336igh.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:37:51 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2601:18f:900:8350:ba86:87ff:fed6:5907; posting-account=3pYsyQoAAACcI-ym7XtMOI2PDU8gRZS5 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2601:18f:900:8350:ba86:87ff:fed6:5907 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <293c58ac-4ebd-488a-abcc-b6e88811eec8@googlegroups.com> Subject: Why is the destructor called multiple times after I declare an object? From: Andrew Shvets Injection-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 01:37:52 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Received-Bytes: 1764 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3050649066 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:29082 Date: 2016-01-10T17:37:51-08:00 List-Id: Hello, This is the code in question: http://pastebin.com/zf7yEvpe When I run the executable, this is what I get: $ ./main_animal Resetting values of Creat to defaults. Resetting values of Creat to defaults. Resetting values of Creat to defaults. Resetting values of Creat to defaults. The animal: The name: dog Number of legs: 4 Weight in grams: 3000 Height in cm: 40 The animal: The name: Elephant Number of legs: 4 Weight in grams: 4000000 Height in cm: 500 Resetting values of Creat to defaults. Resetting values of Creat to defaults. Why is "Resetting values of Creat to defaults." displaying 6 times as opposed to just twice?