C++: constructor initializer for arrays
I'm having a brain cramp... how do I initialize an array of objects properly in C++?
non-array example:
struct Foo { Foo(int x) { /* ... */ } };
struct Bar {
Foo foo;
Bar() : foo(4) {}
};
array example:
struct Foo { Foo(int x) { /* ... */ } };
struct Baz {
Foo foo[3];
// ??? I know the following syntax is wrong, but what's correct?
Baz() : foo[0](4), foo[1](5), foo[2](6) {}
};
edit: Wild & crazy workaround ideas are appreciated, but they won't help me in my case. I'm working on an embedded processor where std::vector and other STL constructs are not available, and the obvious workaround is to make a default constructor and have an explicit init()
method that can be called after construction-time, so that I don't have to use initializers at all. (This is one of those cases where I've gotten spoiled by Java's final
keyword + flexibility with constructors.)
There is no way. You need a default constructor for array members and it will be called, afterwards, you can do any initialization you want in the constructor.
Just to update this question for C++11, this is now both possible to do and very natural:
struct Foo { Foo(int x) { /* ... */ } };
struct Baz {
Foo foo[3];
Baz() : foo{{4}, {5}, {6}} { }
};
Those braces can also be elided for an even more concise:
struct Baz {
Foo foo[3];
Baz() : foo{4, 5, 6} { }
};
Which can easily be extended to multi-dimensional arrays too:
struct Baz {
Foo foo[3][2];
Baz() : foo{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} { }
};
Right now, you can't use the initializer list for array members. You're stuck doing it the hard way.
class Baz {
Foo foo[3];
Baz() {
foo[0] = Foo(4);
foo[1] = Foo(5);
foo[2] = Foo(6);
}
};
In C++0x you can write:
class Baz {
Foo foo[3];
Baz() : foo({4, 5, 6}) {}
};