How to forward overloaded constructor call to another constructor in C++/CLI

Question

I know that there is no way to do this in pure C++, but I was wondering if it is possible to call a constructor from another constructor\'s initialization list in C++/CLI, s

Answer 1

When you said "I know that there is no way to do this in pure C++" you were in error. It is possible to do that in native C++. You can use the placement new operator to do so.

class A 
{ 

public:

   A(int p) : p(p) 
   { new(this)A(); }

   A() : p(1) {}      

   int p; 
};