What (not) to do in a constructor

Question

I want to ask you for your best practices regarding constructors in C++. I am not quite sure what I should do in a constructor and what not.

Should I only use it for

Answer 1

Well, «constructor» comes from construction, building, setting up. So there's where all initialization happens. Whenever you instance a class, use the constructor to ensure that everything is done in order to make the new object workable with.