Constructors

[newbie30]

Whats the advantages of writing the constructor this way

CException( char* m ) { message = m; };


instead of the old fashion way?

Thanks

[yzaykov]

Be more descriptive.
By the way I'd use initialization list for constructing 'message' and I'd prefer string rather than char*. And I definitely don't know which is "the old fashion way".

[newbie30]

Dont worry about the parameters, it was just an example, I describe it better this way:

This is one way:
CException( char* m ) { message = m; };


or other way I know is:

CException::CException(char *m)
{
message = m;
}

As i said ignore the actually parameters, its just the different ways of writing the constructor i am interested in.

Thanks

[Lindley]

There is absolutely no difference whatsover in that case. You're just putting the same code on a different line.

This would be slightly different and generally better:

CException( char* m ): message(m)
{}

[newbie30]

Hi;

Is there no advantage to it at all?

Just a handier way of writing it basically so?

Thanks

[GCDEF]

Hi;

Is there no advantage to it at all?

Just a handier way of writing it basically so?

Thanks

It's EXACTLY the same code. All you did was put the braces and statement on one line, which IMHO is a bad habit as it makes code harder to read and debug.

[Lindley]

I suppose declaring it inline in the class might make the compiler more likely to inline the function, same as any class routine. But otherwise it doesn't matter.