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Re: Bug in use of base class constructor in inherited class ?
On Apr 13, 2004, Nilmoni Deb <ndeb@ece.cmu.edu> wrote:
> On a totally different matter, since the constructor for obj is invoked
> prior to the constructor for obj2 (which inherits obj), should the
> constructor for obj2 be allowed to invoke the constructor for obj a 2nd
> time ?
You're not invoking the constructor for your instance of obj a 2nd
time. Using the type-cast notation within the ctor body, you're
creating an unrelated temporary of type obj, whose constructor is
passed `a' and `b' as a arguments. In order to run the ctor for a
base class, you must use the `: base(args)' notation.
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