Regarding the following, are there any reasons to do one over the other or are they roughly equivalent?
class Something
{
int m_a = 0;
};
v
class Something
{
int m_a = 0;
};
is equivalent to
class Something
{
int m_a(0);
};
So, doing
class Something
{
int m_a;// (0) is moved to the constructor
public:
Something(): m_a(0){}
};
yields a uniform syntax for initialization that requires or does not require run-time input.
Personally I don't like the first form because it looks like an "declaration then assignment", which is complete misconception.