Question

I am trying to use a delegated constructor and am trying to follow the format found in this question and this question, however, I am still having issues.

My player.h file is this:

#ifndef PLAYER_H_
#define PLAYER_H_

#include <string>

class Player
{
public:
   Player(void);
   Player(std::string name, int score);
   ~Player();
protected:
   std::string name_;
   int score_;
};

#endif

My player.cpp file is this:

#include "player.h"
Player::Player(std::string name, int score)
{
   score_ = score;
   name_ = name;
}

Player::Player(void) : Player(NULL,0)
{

}

However, when I try to compile, I get the following error:

1>a:\projects\test\src\player.cpp(5): error C2614: 'Player' : illegal member initialization: 'Player' is not a base or member

What am I doing wrong? If it is relevant, I am using VS2012.

Answer 1

If it is relevant, I am using VS2012.

It is, because Visual Studio doesn’t implement this C++11 feature. Sorry. There are quite a lot of C++11 features they don’t implement.