Can a object be passed as value to the copy constructor

Question

I have some confusion with this \"Can a object be passed as value to the copy constructor\" The compiler clearly rejects this, which means it is not possible. Can you help m

Answer 1

This is because in order to pass by value, you need to COPY the object. Therefore, you are passing in a copy of the object, in the definition of how to copy it.

Effectively what really happens if this trap is not there, is your copy constructor will call your copy constructor to create a copy, which will call your copy constructor to create a copy, which will call your copy constructor to create a copy, ...