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In article <4gognf$et@news.bridge.net>,
David Byrden  <100101.2547@compuserve.com> wrote:
><<<<<<<
>
>Why is it not allowed to delegate the initialisation to another
>constructor
>
>class X
>{
>public:
>    X (int i) : i_(i) {}
>
>    X () : X(34) {}             // Not allowed
>>>>>>>>>>
>
>
>     Why not use      X (int i = 34 ) : i_(i) {}

>[ I think he was concerned with the more general case of a complicated
>  initialization (not assignment) that must be repeated for each
>  constructor. -sdc, moderator
>]

Well, one could use a similar thing using a member function:

X (int i) { init(i); }
X () { init(34); }

where init is a member function for class X.

Anders
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