class passing a pointer to self to other class

okay so I want to create a class that will keep track of all my objects automatically but don't know exactly how to accomplish this. my idea would be to creat a class that would have an array as a private member and then also have an add function that would take pointers of my obj. This class would be accessible by my other classes so when an obj is created ideally in its constructor it would pass a pointer of itself to the add function. I don't know if this is possible anyone know of a way to accomplish this?

easiest way is probably to use a vector and push_back your pointers into it in your add function.

okay i think i figured out how to do what i want using the this pointer though trying to use it i came across another thing i'd like to do. from cpprefrence.com i got the syntax for defining a class which is:

Code:

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  class class-name : inheritance-list {
  private-members-list;   
  protected:
  protected-members-list;
  public:
  public-members-list;
  } object-list;

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my question is, what is the syntax for the object-list which the site says: " [an] object-list can be used to immediately instantiate one or more instances of the class"

anyone know how to use this feature?

Code:

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class a {
public:
  void foo() {}
};

class b:public a {
public:
  void bar() {}
} x, y;  // object list

int main () {
  x.foo();
  y.bar();
}

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Kurt