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I'm not asking how it's passed into functions, I'm asking where it comes from, and where its contents is stored.

quant
– quant

2014-08-29 00:11:15 +00:00
Commented Aug 29, 2014 at 0:11
The variable that refers to the object is "this." In your example, vec holds the address of this. When you call resize, the value of vec is passed as the first parameter. The answer given here is both correct and relevant.

dave
– dave

2014-08-29 00:52:03 +00:00
Commented Aug 29, 2014 at 0:52
@dave yes but my question was about where the contents of this is stored, not where the instance to which the memory address referred to by this is stored.

quant
– quant

2014-08-29 00:57:07 +00:00
Commented Aug 29, 2014 at 0:57

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