Object array initialization without default constructor

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You can use placement-new like this:

class Car
{
    int _no;
public:
    Car(int no) : _no(no)
    {
    }
};

int main()
{
    void *raw_memory = operator new[](NUM_CARS * sizeof(Car));
    Car *ptr = static_cast<Car *>(raw_memory);
    for (int i = 0; i < NUM_CARS; ++i) {
        new(&ptr[i]) Car(i);
    }

    // destruct in inverse order    
    for (int i = NUM_CARS - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
        ptr[i].~Car();
    }
    operator delete[](raw_memory);

    return 0;
}

Reference from More Effective C++ – Scott Meyers:
Item 4 – Avoid gratuitous default constructors

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