In part 3 of this series on the C++ Core Guidelines, we explore constructors and why, rather than writing a default constructor, you should use in-class member initializers, a feature added in C++ 11.

Using member initializers offers more control over what constructors do, and helps eliminate unnecessary default initialization. In C++, a constructor is a special class member function that provides ...

Constructors are member functions or methods of a class that have the same name as the class name and are used to initialize the members of a class. Such methods are invoked when an instance of the ...