From -2950150971077292646 X-Google-Thread: f78e5,e2cfdf64f67c7793 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!stump.algebra.com!devnull From: comeau@panix.com (Greg Comeau) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Eliminating uninitialised variables Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:29:48 GMT Organization: Comeau Computing; http://www.comeaucomputing.com Lines: 35 Sender: mail2news@demon.net Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: <6x14d.132741$3l3.96020@attbi_s03> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.news.demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1095884995 19645 158.152.254.254 (22 Sep 2004 20:29:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:29:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Received-SPF: pass (mailbox4.ucsd.edu: domain of comeau@panix.com designates 166.84.1.74 as permitted sender) receiver=mailbox4.ucsd.edu; client_ip=166.84.1.74; envelope-from=comeau@panix.com; X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64-mulga_r1 (2004-01-11) on mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64-mulga_r1 X-Reply-To: comeau@comeaucomputing.com X-Received: (from fjh@localhost) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id i8MKTm3U016506; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 06:29:48 +1000 (EST) X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ucar.edu X-Spamscanner: mailbox4.ucsd.edu (v1.5 Aug 25 2004 09:28:35, 0.0/5.0 3.0.0-rc1) X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ X-MailScanner: PASSED (v1.2.8 56639 i8MKGvlp062501 mailbox4.ucsd.edu) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.std.c++:2842 In article <6x14d.132741$3l3.96020@attbi_s03>, Walter wrote: > >"John Nagle" wrote in message >news:FQO3d.21860$bB7.16246@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com... >> I'd suggest allowing initial values within class >> declarations, as in >> >> class T { >> char* p = 0; >> }; >> >> Yes, you can do the same thing in each constructor's >> initialization section. But it's not as obvious by >> examination when someone left out an initialization, >> because the initialization and declaration are at >> different places. > >This is the approach D takes. It makes sense to put the default value where >the declaration is, not off somewhere else. What does D do if it's also specified on a constructor (or multiple ones with different values), assuming is has such possibilities? -- Greg Comeau / Comeau C++ 4.3.3, for C++03 core language support Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it? --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]