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Re: why does this work?

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From "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this>
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  To: dkoleary
From: Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>

On Wed, 8 Aug 2012 10:30:02 -0700 (PDT), dkoleary
<dkoleary@olearycomputers.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>How come that isn't recursive?

new allocates some space and XCopy() runs the initialitzer code in the 
constructor.

There is no new in the constructor, so why would it be recursive?

There is no more reason for the constructor to be recursive than any other 
method.  The constructor does not reinvoke the constructor.
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why does this work? "dkoleary" <dkoleary@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this> - 2012-08-08 19:04 +0000
  Re: why does this work? "Daniel Pitts" <daniel.pitts@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this> - 2012-08-08 19:04 +0000
    Re: why does this work? "dkoleary" <dkoleary@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
      Re: why does this work? "Lew" <lew@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
  Re: why does this work? "Eric Sosman" <eric.sosman@1:261/38.remove-r72-this> - 2012-08-08 20:06 +0000
  Re: why does this work? "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
    Re: why does this work? "glen herrmannsfeldt" <glen.herrmannsfeldt@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this> - 2012-08-10 18:39 +0000

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