Why X(X) doesn't work

• Recall that passing an argument to a function copies the argument

• Therefore, calling X(X) must copy the object being copied before it can copy it

  • To do that, it would have to use the copy constructor, but calling the copy constructor must first copy the argument
    • To do that, it would have to use the copy constructor, but ...

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