TITLE: Passing arguments to arrayed object constructors

PROBLEM: Arrays of objects always have their empty constructors called.
There is no syntax for passing arguments to these constructors.

RESPONSE: Jim Adcock (jimad@microsoft.UUCP)

Here's an example of a work-around for arrays.  Use a static member
function to provide a default for initializing objects.  This could
be generalized to providing a default function for initializing objects.

class VAL
{
	int i;
	static int valdefault;
public:
	static void SetDefault(int d) { valdefault = d; }

	VAL() : i(valdefault) { }
	VAL(int ii) : i(ii) { }

	void SetVal (int ii) { i = ii;   }
	int  GetVal ()       { return i; }
};

int VAL::valdefault = 0;

main()
{
	int i;

	VAL::SetDefault(234);
	VAL* AVAL = new VAL[5];

	VAL::SetDefault(432);
	VAL* AVAL2 = new VAL[5];

	return 0;
}