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		zelly on April 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust – Compile Time Memory Safety Move constructors are allowed to call the moved object's destructor. Not necessarily like the example given, but `Object a {std::move(x)}; x.push_back(4);` could/should segfault.

ncmncm on April 23, 2019 [–]

No, move constructors are never allowed to call the moved-from argument's destructor. Ever.

Sometimes the compiler calls that destructor after it has finished the move, if the thing is no longer in scope. That should not be confused with a thing happening in the constructor.

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