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From: ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Constructor question
Message-ID: <20204@alice.att.com>
Date: 12 Apr 91 13:18:18 GMT
References: <1991Apr2.110623.22219@and.cs.liv.ac.uk> <20164@alice.att.com> <17400@sunquest.UUCP>
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In article <17400@sunquest.UUCP> francis@sunquest.UUCP (Francis Sullivan) writes:
> ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig) writes:

> >In article <1991Apr2.110623.22219@and.cs.liv.ac.uk> markr@and.cs.liv.ac.uk writes:

> >> Can I call one constructor to class X explicitly from within another
> >> constructor to class X ?

> >No.

> Yes, by using operator=

Sorry, but still no.

The usage you propose is implicitly (not explicitly) calling the constructor
to construct a *different* object.

The original question was whether it was possible for one constructor
of a class to call another constructor to help it construct the
same object; the answer to that question is `no.'
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com