Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c++:4194 gnu.g++:310 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!milano!hsinchu!knutson From: knutson@hsinchu.sw.mcc.com (Jim Knutson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,gnu.g++ Subject: Where does this construct come from? Message-ID: <2701@hsinchu.sw.mcc.com> Date: 31 Jul 89 02:28:21 GMT Organization: MCC, Austin, TX Lines: 20 What does this construct mean and where does it come from? class multi_v { public: vect a, b, c; multi_v(int i):a(i), b(i), c(i) { } // ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ }; It appears in Ira Pohl's book "C++ for C Programmers". I've looked everywhere for a description of this syntax and can't find one. It's described in Pohl's book either. Jim Knutson knutson@mcc.com cs.utexas.edu!milano!knutson -- Jim Knutson knutson@mcc.com cs.utexas.edu!milano!knutson