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From: Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at>
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Subject: Re: How to assign an object to another in it method?
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:04:00 -0000 (UTC)
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Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> That is what I consider the missing default parameter issue.
>       // **** NOT JAVA ****
>       public Demo(String name, int answer = 6, boolean prisoner = false)

Imho this is one thing that Java actually got right, by *not* supporting.

In C++, default values can give a hard time when overiding methods with
defaults, as the default value depends on the static target object
type even for virtual methods.