Re: "value-initialize" - why is it called that way?

[Rick C. Hodgin]

On 10/02/2017 07:48 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Why is the verb "to value-initialize" (11.6p8) called
> "value-initialize"?
>
> (What it actually does [simplified] is to default-initialize
> or zero-initialize something.)

It initializes something with a value (either a default assigned value
or a zero) ... right?

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[Alf P. Steinbach]

On 10/3/2017 1:48 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Why is the verb "to value-initialize" (11.6p8) called
> "value-initialize"?
>
> (What it actually does [simplified] is to default-initialize
> or zero-initialize something.)

I don't know but you can ask Andrew Koenig. He proposed it.


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- Alf