Question on move constructor

[Graziano Servizi]

Hi,

My name is Graziano Servizi, Associate Professor in Mathematical Physics 
at Bologna University, Italy.

I'm using release 4.7.2 of GNU-GCC on a Fedora 17 Linux System.

I would ask you a question about move constructors, namely

WHEN are they called?

I got an example on Internet (attached) and the output they claim to be 
obtained (also attached) is NOT reproduced on my system (it is attached 
as well).

I also tried some checks of my own and I was unable to call a move 
constructor that I wrote in my classes (I presume in a correct way, 
since the compiler didn't complain). It seems to me that, anytime the 
standard 2011 claims that a move constructor should be called, the 
"classical" copy constructor is called instead, unless one explicitly 
use a call to the std::move function. Is this correct or wrong?


Answers are kindly requested and welcome.

                             Graziano Servizi

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In MemoryBlock(size_t). length = 25.
In MemoryBlock(MemoryBlock&&). length = 25. Moving resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 0.
In MemoryBlock(size_t). length = 75.
In MemoryBlock(MemoryBlock&&). length = 25. Moving resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 0.
In MemoryBlock(MemoryBlock&&). length = 75. Moving resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 0.
In MemoryBlock(size_t). length = 50.
In MemoryBlock(MemoryBlock&&). length = 50. Moving resource.
In MemoryBlock(MemoryBlock&&). length = 50. Moving resource.
In operator=(MemoryBlock&&). length = 75.
In operator=(MemoryBlock&&). length = 50.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 0.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 0.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 25. Deleting resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 50. Deleting resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 75. Deleting resource.

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In MemoryBlock(size_t). length = 25.
In MemoryBlock(MemoryBlock&&). length = 25. Moving resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 0.
In MemoryBlock(size_t). length = 75.
In MemoryBlock(MemoryBlock&&). length = 75. Moving resource.
In MemoryBlock(const MemoryBlock&). length = 25. Copying resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 25. Deleting resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 0.
In MemoryBlock(size_t). length = 50.
In MemoryBlock(MemoryBlock&&). length = 50. Moving resource.
In MemoryBlock(const MemoryBlock&). length = 25. Copying resource.
In MemoryBlock(const MemoryBlock&). length = 75. Copying resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 25. Deleting resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 75. Deleting resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 0.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 25. Deleting resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 50. Deleting resource.
In ~MemoryBlock(). length = 75. Deleting resource.