Thread: Quick question to anyone experienced..

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    Quick question to anyone experienced..

    Probably because of my newbishness but
    what's wrong with this? Thanks for helpin'
    Code:
    class mammal
    {
    public:
        mammal(int);
    };
    
    class dog : public mammal
    {
    public:
        dog();
    };
    
    mammal::mammal(int x)
    {}
    
    dog::dog()
    {}
    I tried it in codewarrior and points to the dog constructor saying "cannot construct class 'mammal'" and in dev-c++ it also points to dog constructor saying no matching function for call to `mammal::mammal()'
    Last edited by humbled; 07-08-2003 at 04:27 PM.

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    &TH of undefined behavior Fordy's Avatar
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    You have no default constructor for mammal...so in your constructor for dog, you must construct mammal with an int. Like this for instance

    dog::dog():mammal(10)
    {}

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    or I can just mammal(); in the mammal class right? Thanks for pointing it out

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    Yeah, you could provide a default constructor for mammal. You could also change 'dog''s constructor to take an int and pass it to the mammal constructor (as Fordy showed).
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