Constructor Initializer List Problem (New (to me) compiler warning)
I went to add one more initialization value to the poor overworked constructor of my bloated "shoulda planned a tad more on paper first" / "do everything" Actor class:
Code:
class Actor
{
public:
Actor(double x = 0.0, double y = 0.0, double z = 0.0,
double xlb = -1000.0, double xub = 1000.0,
double ylb = -1000.0, double yub = 1000.0,
double zlb = -1000.0, double zub = 1000.0,
double sz = 1.0, int tf = 5) :
xPos(x), yPos(y), zPos(z),
xLowerBound(xlb), xUpperBound(xub),
yLowerBound(ylb), yUpperBound(yub),
zLowerBound(zlb), zUpperBound(zub),
size(sz), ThoughtFrequency(tf) {}
virtual ~Actor() {};
...
The ThoughtFrequency(tf) at the end is what I added. Immediately I began to get this arcane (to me) compiler warning:
Code:
||=== Fri Oct 21, Debug ===|
/storage/Projects/Recent/Fri Oct 21/actor.h||In constructor ‘Actor::Actor(double, double, double, double, double, double, double, double, double, double, int)’:|
/storage/Projects/Recent/Fri Oct 21/actor.h|99|warning: ‘Actor::size’ will be initialized after|
/storage/Projects/Recent/Fri Oct 21/actor.h|78|warning: ‘int Actor::ThoughtFrequency’|
/storage/Projects/Recent/Fri Oct 21/actor.h|14|warning: when initialized here|
/storage/Projects/Recent/Fri Oct 21/actor.h||In constructor ‘Actor::Actor(double, double, double, double, double, double, double, double, double, double, int)’:|
/storage/Projects/Recent/Fri Oct 21/actor.h|99|warning: ‘Actor::size’ will be initialized after|
/storage/Projects/Recent/Fri Oct 21/actor.h|78|warning: ‘int Actor::ThoughtFrequency’|
/storage/Projects/Recent/Fri Oct 21/actor.h|14|warning: when initialized here|
||=== Build finished: 0 errors, 6 warnings ===|
And in a maybe unrelated coincidence - my program began to seg-fault intermittently on execution. I don't know why it'd matter what order these private variables are initialized in, so I must be misunderstanding something.
(Additionally, in an unrelated commentary, I do plan to re-factor this all out from Class Actor into something like Entity->Camera , Entity->Actor, Actor->Player, Actor->Enemy eventually. Inheritance is newer to me. This won't always be a bloated mess.)
Please, I'm afraid and alone - the walls of my computer room are turning black and rising up around me, shutting out the sun. As always I appreciate any incite from the community here.
- Matt
