local variables used to create mesh... kaboom?

[kjkrum]

Say this code is in a function:

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core::vector3df v0 = core::vector3df(-1, 1, -1);
// other vectors
SMeshBuffer* buffer = new SMeshBuffer();
buffer->Vertices.push_back(video::S3DVertex(v0, n0, clr, t0));
// other vertices
SMesh* mesh = new SMesh;
mesh->addMeshBuffer(buffer);
// blah blah
return mesh;

Note that in the first line, v0 is local. Is this gonna blow up because v0 is on the stack, or does it get copied?

[pippy3]

video::S3DVertex will copy the vertex into it.

If you lookin the API, you'll see this:

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core::vector3df 	Pos

That means that there's a position inside video::S3DVertex.

If it was this:

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core::vector3df* Pos

It would point to your vector, and when the function was over the vector would be deleted. Irrlicht is well written and you'll never come across this.

[kjkrum]

Awesome, thanks.