Re: Problem with initialization of array of class objects

From:
"Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:49:42 +0100
Message-ID:
<13rr3sbj0gkq18d@corp.supernews.com>
* yatko:

Hi all;

I want to define an array of objects and initialize them, but I don't
know how I could do that simply. I have searched over net, and have
found a few solutions. Does anybody has a better, simple solution?

Suppose there is a Foo class that has const member.

class Foo
{
public:
Foo(int, int);
~Foo();

private:
const int ID;


In general it's a good idea to reserve all uppercase names for macros.
Using them for constants is a Java'ism. Leads to problems in C++.

double int var;


There's no "double int" type in C++.

};

First method:

Foo objects [MAX] = {Foo(0,1),Foo(1,2),Foo(2,3)};


This method works nicely.

// This one requires copy constructor, but I have const members, so it
doesn't work for me.


It's opposite: the method below requires copy constructor, while the one
above doesn't.

Second method:

std::vector<Foo> objects;

objects[0] = * (new Foo(0,1));
objects[1] = * (new Foo(1,2));
objects[2] = * (new Foo(2,3));

//This one solves problem of const members, but I dont want to use
vector.


This doesn't work for const members.

I want to initialize the array as following, but it doesn't work.

Foo objects[MAX] = {{0,1},{1,2},{2,3}};


Works OK.

Post actual code that doesn't work (see the FAQ item how to get help
with Code That Does Not Work).

Cheers, & hth.,

- Alf

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