Default Constructors

I have one question regarding default constructors. In java you have a constructor to instantiate objects, but constructors in C++, are used initialize instance variables. If a default constructor doesnt initialize any of the variables, what is the point of one?

Thanks

The default constructor generated automatically by the constructor will do the same any other constructor does, namely - make sure the object is in a usable state (that is, initialize anything implementation specific). It will also call the default constructors for base classes and member objects.

A default constructor written by you can do just about anything.

C++ add a dimension to and already extensible programming language with partial unitialization in the contractors and as function parameters.

Code:

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class X
{
  X();
  X(int a = 0, b = 1, char z = TEXT("October"));
  virtual ~X();
}

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Kuphryn