Are throwing default constructors bad style, and if so, why?

on Sat Oct 04 2008, JoshuaMaurice-AT-gmail.com wrote:

> And I really, really like exceptions and RAII. Damn. Disclaimer: This
> doesn't kill all of RAII, but it kills some of it. It effectively
> forces two phase construction for most classes if you want efficient
> code on all platforms, and that makes me very sad.

And how, exactly, is two-phase construction going to save you cycles?

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