Does new[] call default constructor in C++?

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When I use new[] to create an array of my classes:

int count = 10;
A *arr = new A[count];

I see that it calls a default constructor of A count times. As a result arr has count initialized objects of type A. But if I use the same thing to construct an int array:

int *arr2 = new int[count];

it is not initialized. All values are something like -842150451 though default constructor of int assignes its value to 0.

Why is there so different behavior? Does a default constructor not called only for built-in types?

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4 Answers

Primitive type default initialization could be done by below forms:

    int* x = new int[5];          // gv gv gv gv gv (gv - garbage value)
    int* x = new int[5]();        // 0  0  0  0  0 
    int* x = new int[5]{};        // 0  0  0  0  0  (Modern C++)
    int* x = new int[5]{1,2,3};   // 1  2  3  0  0  (Modern C++)
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