Avoid calling constructor of member variable

Question

I have the following C++-class:

// Header-File
class A
{
    public:
    A();

    private:
    B m_B;
    C m_C;
};

// cpp-File
A::A()
: m_B(1)
{
    m_B.doSom         


        

Answer 1

You can't.

All member variables are full constructed when the construcotr code block is entered. This means there constructors must be called.

But you can work around this restriction.

// Header-File
class A
{
    struct Initer
    {
         Initer(B& b)
             : m_b(b)
         {
             m_b.doSomething();
             m_b.doMore();
         }
         operator int()  // assuming getSomeValue() returns int.
         {
             return m_b.getSomeValue();
         }
         B& m_b;
    };
    public:
    A();

    private:   // order important.
    B m_B;
    C m_C;
};


// cpp-File
A::A()
: m_B(1)
, m_C(Initer(m_B))
{
}