Eljay,
While that's the _preferred_ way to initialize member variables in C++, that's not always possible; sometimes you need to do more complex things to initialize your class (e.g., if you need to initialize variables differently based on certain conditions, retrieve information from a database, etc.). Is there any _real_ difference between these two ways of initializing?
radApp::radApp()
: m_MyServer(&Log)
{}
radApp ::radApp()
{
m_MyServer = &Log ;
}
Thanks,
Lyle Taylor
IS Applications
-----Original Message-----
From: Eljay Love-Jensen [mailto:eljay@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 8:28 AM
To: Allen Williams; gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Error on Member Initialization
Hi Allen,
That's not how you initialize a member variable in C++. (Although it's very close to how you do it in Java.)
You need to put the initialization in your radApp's constructor's initialization list.
e.g.:
radApp::radApp()
: m_MyServer(&Log)
{ }
HTH,
--Eljay
