Refactoring with C++ 11

Question

Given the new toolset provided by c++ lots of programmers, aiming at code simplification, expressiveness, efficiency, skim through their old code and make tweaks (some point

Answer 1

I would add delegating constructors and in-class member initializers to the list.

Simplification By Using Delegating Constructors and In-Class Initialization

With C++03:

class A
{
  public:

    // The default constructor as well as the copy constructor need to 
    // initialize some of the members almost the same and call init() to
    // finish construction.
    A(double data) : id_(0), name_(), data_(data) {init();}
    A(A const& copy) : id_(0), name_(), data_(copy.data_) {init();}

    void init()
    {
       id_ = getNextID();
       name_ = getDefaultName();
    }

    int id_;
    string name_;
    double data_;
};

With C++11:

class A
{
  public:

    // With delegating constructor, the copy constructor can
    // reuse this constructor and avoid repetitive code.
    // In-line initialization takes care of initializing the members. 
    A(double data) : data_(data) {}

    A(A const& copy) : A(copy.data_) {}

    int id_ = getNextID();
    string name_ = getDefaultName();
    double data_;
};