Thread: Invoking constructor from another constructor

So apparently

Code:

Foo(int x){ ... }
Foo(int x, int y) : Foo(x) {....}

is not valid. Yet this is allowed for base class initialization (trivially, Foo is a base class of itself.)
Why is this? I mean there must be some good reason as I can't imagine Bjarne in his infinite wisdom would deny such a handy construct....

p.s. the best alternative I could find was using a common"init()" function in all constructors... such a horrid waste of syntax.

Ah, okay found it:
http://www.informit.com/guides/conte...lus&seqNum=296

It's called "Constructor Delegation" and apparently isn't going to be available until C++0x.
Heh, that article predicted every single attempt I had tried previously!