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Wiki MarkupIt is often recommended that class objects be initialized using direct constructors rather than assignment. \ [[Meyers 01|AA. Bibliography#Meyers 01] \] Direct constructors avoids construction, copying, and destruction of a temporary copy of the object. To wit, object should be constructed this way:

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Widget w( /* constructor arguments */);

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OOP31-CPP

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  • \[[Meyers 01|AA. Bibliography#Meyers 01] \] Item 6: Be alert for C+\+'s most vexing parse.

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OOP30-CPP. Do not invoke virtual functions from constructors or destructors      13. Object Oriented Programming (OOP)      OOP33-CPP. Do not slice polymorphic objects