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Subject: Re: the call of the constructor
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:32:43 GMT
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Jorge Ivan Meza Martinez wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a class that has an object of another class like attribute, something
> like this:
> 
> class miClase
> {
> public:
> miClase ();
> 
> private:
> Objeto k;
> }
> 
> the Objeto class:
> 
> class Objeto
> {
> public:
> Objeto ( String );
> }
> 
> the problem is that when I am at miClase constructor I want to initalize the
> k object, but the compiler already called de () ( empty ) constructor, that
> the class Objeto hasn't.
> 
> if I try in the miClase constructor something like "k = Objeto ( String
> ("string") )" I get many errors from Ios and others, if I try "k ( String
> ("string") )" it says that I cannot ( cast ) (Objeto)(miClase&).
> 

Here is an option for you.  First define "k" as a pointer:

class miClase
 {
 public:
 miClase ();
 ~miClase ();   // Destructor has been added
 
 private:
 Objeto *k;
 }

Then inside miClase constructor:

    k = new Objeto;

Don't forget to delete it in destructor:

    delete k;

Terry