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From: rae@utcs.toronto.edu (Reid Ellis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Initializing an array class member?
Keywords: initializers constructors
Message-ID: <rae.665878502@barney>
Date: 6 Feb 91 22:15:02 GMT
References: <1991Feb4.215231.16157@alias.uucp> <586@taumet.com>
Sender: Reid Ellis <rae%alias@csri.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: Reid Ellis <rae@utcs.toronto.edu>
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lfung@alias.UUCP (Lisa A. Fung) writes:
>class myClass {
>  public:
>    myClass();  // constructor
>    ~myClass(); // destructor
>  private:
>    Tthing   arrayOfThings[3];  // Tthing's constructor takes an arg...
>};

The above is a class containing an array.

steve@taumet.com (Stephen Clamage) writes:
>struct T1 { T1(int); };		// no default constructor
>struct T2 { T2(); T2(int); };	// has a default constructor
>
>T1 a[3];			// illegal, no default constructor to call
>T1 b[3] = { T1(1), T1(2), T1(3) };	// ok
>
>T2 c[3];			// ok, uses default constructor
>T2 d[3] = { T2(1), T2(2), T2(3) };	// ok

The above is an array of class objects.

This still doesn't answer the question.  How do you write T1::T1() if
you have an array *IN THE CLASS*.  i.e.:

	struct T1 { T1(); int a[10]; }

	T1::T1() : a(???) { }

What do you put for "???"?
					Reid
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