What does this code mean?

[Sier]

CL_ConsoleWindow console("Console");

Is this some c++ idiom or a macro? I know you can't tell without the
headers, but I want a quick explanation.

 

[Jacques Labuschagne]

CL_ConsoleWindow console("Console");

Is this some c++ idiom or a macro? I know you can't tell without the
headers, but I want a quick explanation.

Looks like it's declaring an object called 'console' with type
'CL_ConsoleWindow'. The constructor of that object is being
passed the const char* "Console".

Nothing odd there... Like you say, we could tell you more with headers.

Jacques.

 

[Sier]

Looks like it's declaring an object called 'console' with type
'CL_ConsoleWindow'. The constructor of that object is being
passed the const char* "Console".

Yes, but doesn't it have a name? Sorry but I'm inexperienced with C++.

 

[tom_usenet]

Yes, but doesn't it have a name? Sorry but I'm inexperienced with C++.

What doesn't have a name? The declared object (assuming the code is as
Jacques says) has the name console.

Tom

C++ FAQ: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/
C FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html

 

[Rolf Magnus]

Yes, but doesn't it have a name?

Read again:

 

[Seth Morecraft]

CL_ConsoleWindow console("Console");

Is this some c++ idiom or a macro? I know you can't tell without the
headers, but I want a quick explanation.

This is straight from the Clanlid Game SDK (http://www.clanlib.org)
- From the Examples:
// Create a console window for text-output if not available
CL_ConsoleWindow console("Debug Console");
Check out the documentation of the Clanlib package for more information
on what it does- but the comment really says it all. Hope this helps!

Seth

~ Let us linux ~

 

[Catalin Pitis]

Yes, but doesn't it have a name? Sorry but I'm inexperienced with C++.

If you are refering to the constructor name, it is the same as the class
name. This is the way an object is built at declaration time (the
constructor doesn't appear explicitly in the declaration).

Catalin

 

[Dan Cernat]

CL_ConsoleWindow console("Console");

Is this some c++ idiom or a macro? I know you can't tell without the
headers, but I want a quick explanation.

apparently this is a variable declaration:

it declares a variable named 'console' of type 'CL_ConsoleWindow' and
initializes it with the string "Console"

Dan

 

[Psymaster]

What doesn't have a name? The declared object (assuming the code
is as Jacques says) has the name console.

Duh. Sorry for the silly questions.

 

[Sier]

This is the way an object is built at declaration time (the
constructor doesn't appear explicitly in the declaration).

That's what I had forgot from my little experience with c++. I plan to
work with this library and I wanted to be comfortable with the c++
syntax before I start working on a project.

 

[jeffc]

CL_ConsoleWindow console("Console");

Is this some c++ idiom or a macro? I know you can't tell without the
headers, but I want a quick explanation.

It's not a known C++ idiom or macro. It looks like Windows stuff to me.

 

[Mike Wahler]

If you are refering to the constructor name, it is the same as the class
name.

No. Constructors do not have names. (12.1/1)

-Mike