Is it possible to defer member initialization to the constructor body?

Question

I have a class with an object as a member which doesn\'t have a default constructor. I\'d like to initialize this member in the constructor, but it seems that in C++ I can\'

Answer 1

In C++ it's preferable to initialize members in the initializer list, rather than the body of the constructor, so in fact you might consider putting other members in the initialization list

If you're thinking about creating a constructor that other ctors call, that's not available til c++0x (see inheriting constructors)