using member data as default argument

[hall]

Hi.
I'd like to use a data member as a default argument to a member
function, something like this:

class A{
public:
int data;

A(): data(0) { };

fun(int arg=data){ /*function body*/ };
};

The code above will not compile (my borlad compiler says: member A::data
cannot be used without an object), but is there a way to achieve this
(without too much code and too much impact on speed of execution)?

regards
hall

 

[tom_usenet]

Hi.
I'd like to use a data member as a default argument to a member
function, something like this:

class A{
public:
int data;

A(): data(0) { };

fun(int arg=data){ /*function body*/ };
};

The code above will not compile (my borlad compiler says: member A::data
cannot be used without an object), but is there a way to achieve this
(without too much code and too much impact on speed of execution)?

Sure:

void fun(int arg){ /*function body*/ }
void fun() {fun(data);}

You can't access the "this" pointer for a default argument, so the
above is the best you can do. It should have no impact on speed,
thanks to inlining (just make sure the forwarding version is inline).

Tom

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