Thread: How keep constructor from being called till "ready"?

I know that if you do:

Code:

TestClass c;
TestClass c = NULL;

In both cases, TestClass' empty constructor is called. But I want to declare that a class has that variable but not call the constructor until the owning class' constructor is called.

Example:

Code:

class Owner
{
protected:
     //Want this but not initialized!
     TestClass t;

public:
     Owner()
     {
          t = TestClass();
     }

     Owner(string name)
     {
          t = TestClass( name );
     }
};

How would I do this (i.e. keep "t" from being initialized)?