I have been trying to wrap my mind around how C++ puts stuff in memory and I wrote little test program. <BR><BR><BR><pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ...

Make the copy constructor private. Of course, this might also have the side-effect of preventing the use of the STL container, given that being copy constructible is, y'know, a requirement. Use a ...

From a purely object-oriented perspective, "copy semantics" is the right way to preserve control over object ownership. But in those scenarios where ownership becomes irrelevant, C++11 "move semantics ...