C++ Object without new

Question

this is a really simple question but I havn\'t done c++ properly for years and so I\'m a little baffled by this. Also, it\'s not the easiest thing (for me at least) to look

Answer 1

CPlayer newPlayer = CPlayer(position, attacker);

This line creates a new local object of type CPlayer. Despite its function-like appearance, this simply calls CPlayer's constructor. No temporaries or copying are involved. The object named newPlayer lives as long as the scope it's enclosed in. You don't use the new keyword here because C++ isn't Java.

CPlayer* newPlayer = new CPlayer(position, attacker);

This line constructs a CPlayer object on the heap and defines a pointer named newPlayer to point at it. The object lives until someone deletes it.