Initialize const member variables

Question

I have C++ code that boils down to something like the following:

class Foo{
    bool bar;
    bool baz;
    Foo(const void*);
};
Foo::Foo(const void* ptr){
          


        

Answer 1

You may use delegate constructor in C++11:

class Foo{
public:
    Foo(const void* ptr) : Foo(complex_method(ptr)) {}

private:
     Foo(const my_struct* s) : bar(calculate_bar(s)), baz(calculate_baz(s)) {}

private:
    const bool bar;
    const bool baz;
};