c++/2972: Uninitialized member variables are not default initialized

[pere at hungry dot com]

>Number:         2972
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       Uninitialized member variables are not default initialized
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          wrong-code
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 27 04:56:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Petter Reinholdtsen
>Release:        gcc-2.95.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
>Description:
If I read clause 12.6.2, 8.5 and 3.9 correctly, all scalar
member variables shall be default initialized to 0 unless
there is an explicit initialization in the constructor. The attached source demonstrate the problem.  The behaviour
is the same for gcc 2.95.2 and gcc 3.0 (using the internet
test compiler.)

A workaround is to initialize all member variables
explicitly, adding ': i(), p()' to the ctor in the example.
>How-To-Repeat:
Compile and watch the assert() fail.
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
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