C++, is it possible to call a constructor directly, without new?

Question

Can I call constructor explicitly, without using new, if I already have a memory for object?

class Object1{
    char *str;
public:
    Object1(c         


        

Answer 1

Based on comments, this only works for Microsoft C++ compilers

Quite simply, without new:

    imguistate = (int *)malloc(ImGui::GetInternalStateSize());
    memset(imguistate, 0, ImGui::GetInternalStateSize());
    ((ImGuiState *)imguistate)->ImGuiState::ImGuiState();

This works with any class:

class SomeClass {
public:
    SomeClass() {
        printf("Called constructor\n");
    }
};

int main () {
    SomeClass *someclass = new SomeClass;
    someclass->SomeClass::SomeClass(); // call constructor again
}