Struct Constructor in C++?

Question

Can a struct have a constructor in C++?

I have been trying to solve this problem but I am not getting the syntax.

Answer 1

As the other answers mention, a struct is basically treated as a class in C++. This allows you to have a constructor which can be used to initialise the struct with default values. Below, the constructor takes sz and b as arguments, and initializes the other variables to some default values.

struct blocknode
{
    unsigned int bsize;
    bool free;
    unsigned char *bptr;
    blocknode *next;
    blocknode *prev;

    blocknode(unsigned int sz, unsigned char *b, bool f = true,
              blocknode *p = 0, blocknode *n = 0) :
              bsize(sz), free(f), bptr(b), prev(p), next(n) {}
};

Usage:

unsigned char *bptr = new unsigned char[1024];
blocknode *fblock = new blocknode(1024, btpr);