something wrong with copy constructor

[pitteri]

hi,
Im just trying to do a program like this:

List L; // class list object
List L1(10); //using a constructor
Lista L=L1; //im trying to call the copy constructor, but after the copy constructor is called, the destructor is called to..

ps: I could invert like:
List L1(10);
List L=L1;
but im working on a project, thats impossible to do that.

What can i do to fix it???
thanks.

[TheCPUWizard]

Post some actual code [your posted code could not possibly compile], along with the class definition....

[Graham]

You've already declared L in the first line. That will default construct it, and you can't then construct it again. Line 3 is a syntax error, because you appear to be trying to redefine L. Having declared L, the best you can do is to copy assign it (using operator=(), which is not the same as copy construct). Getting a destructor call suggests that there's a hidden temporary somewhere, probably caused by a value argument rather than a reference argument. Without the class definitions and function declarations, we can't be any more specific than that.

Why can't you change it to your second example (which will call the copy ctor)?