For POD data members, it makes no difference, it’s just a matter of style. For class members which are classes, then it avoids an unnecessary call to a default constructor. Consider: class A { public: A() { x = 0; } A(int x_) { x = x_; } int x; }; class B { public: … Read more
You can specify how to initialize members in the member initializer list: BigMommaClass { BigMommaClass(int, int); private: ThingOne thingOne; ThingTwo thingTwo; }; BigMommaClass::BigMommaClass(int numba1, int numba2) : thingOne(numba1 + numba2), thingTwo(numba1, numba2) {}
For POD class members, it makes no difference, it’s just a matter of style. For class members which are classes, then it avoids an unnecessary call to a default constructor. Consider: class A { public: A() { x = 0; } A(int x_) { x = x_; } int x; }; class B { public: … Read more