C++ Constructor initialization list strangeness

Question

I have always been a good boy when writing my classes, prefixing all member variables with m_:

class Test {
    int m_int1;
    int m_int2;
public:
    Test(int          


        

Answer 1

What you have done is standard C++. Only member variables or base classes may be initliazed in the initialization list, so the variable outside the paranthesis is unambiguous. Within the parenthesis, the typical scoping rules apply, and the members are overshadowed by the parameter names.