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Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: object initialization syntax
Keywords: objects initialization syntax aggregates
Message-ID: <7@wotk.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jul 90 18:49:45 GMT
Organization: World-Wide Technology
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I'm curious why the following syntax was chosen for initializing an instance
of a class -

MyClass X(1,2,3,);

instead of the syntax used in C aggregate data types -

MyStruct X = {1,2,3};
MyArray  X = {1,2,3};

Is it to emphasize the fact that a constructor function will be called?

Curious,

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