John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 11:24:49PM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
>
>> Always perform unmanaged resource acquisition in the constructor body,
>> never in initializer lists.
>
| Can you please give an example for the brain dead amongst us ?
class Foo {
// unsafe variant
Foo()
: bar1(new Bar), bar2(new Bar)
{}
// safer variant
Foo() {
bar1 = new Bar;
bar2 = new Bar;
}
private:
Bar * bar1;
Bar * bar2;
};
For the unsafe constructor try to think how you can avoid a memory
leak if the second new throws.
--
Lgb
