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

This is perfectly normal behavior. As AAT rightly pointed out, there is no ambiguity. The variables initialised by the list have to be class members. This is standard and works across all compliant compilers.

The only thing to remember while using a list like this is that a person who doesn't understand this kind of code may have to maintain it. There is nothing wrong with writing initialisation code like this as long as you know what you are doing.