Why separate variable definition and initialization in C++?

Question

I\'m currently working on some quite old C++ code and often find things like

int i;
i = 42;

or

Object* someObject = NULL;
someO         


        

Answer 1

No. It's a matter of style.

However if he ever wanted to move the declaration out of the function it would be less editing if the declaration and initialization is seperated.

Answer 2

The change you propose is highly recommended! This is part of an important idiom in C++ programming, namely Resource Acquisition Is Initialization.