Re: Bug in use of base class constructor in inherited class ?

[Nilmoni Deb <ndeb at ece dot cmu dot edu>]

> This is not a bug and here is why:
>  obj2(int a) { obj(a); } // overloaded constructor
>
> what this really is obj a; and not calling of the constructor.
> try this instead:
> obj2(int a): obj (a) {}

Thanks.

But I am trying to find why the compiler is treating them different.
While both

	obj2(int a, int b) { obj(a, b); }
and
	obj2(int a, int b): obj(a, b) {}

are being accepted by the compiler, only the 2nd one of

	obj2(int a) { obj(a); }
and
	obj2(int a): obj(a) {}

is accepted.

>
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew Pinski