Initialize const member variables in constructors

Is it possible to initialize private const member variables in a constructor?

Couldn't you just initialize it in the classes private field

Code:

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class name
{
  private:
    const typename name = _value_;
};

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Yes.

Code:

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class Foo {
public:
        Foo() : n_(0) {}
private:
        const int n_;
};

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I remember I did that once and for a minute it was telling me "ISO C++ didn't allow initialization of Constant members" and I restarted and it compiled fine. it was in DevC++ beta 5.

Initialization of constant members is only allowed in an initialization list, if it's done in the body of the constructor you'll get an error.

I meant I initialized it in the private sector of the class.