Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-programming (98 mails)

[Davi de Castro Reis <davicastro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry Feldman wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 06:55:29 -0500
> "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >In Java it's quite common to call one constructor from another one in
> >the same objects.  Can that be done in C++?  Is the same kind of
> >situation handled in C++ with default values for arguments to the
> >constructor rather than having two different constructors?
>
> Yes. In general the base class constructor is called implicitly, but you
I think Steven asked if the constructor of the _own_ object can be 
called inside another constructor.
I don't think it is possible. You usually mimic it with defaults values, 
but I really prefer the Java approach (actually, it is probably the only 
thing I like in Java).

[]s
Davi