Re: initializer_list constructor implementation

From	Muttley@dastardlyhq.com
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: initializer_list constructor implementation
Date	2022-12-19 09:59 +0000
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On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:49:14 +0100
Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> wrote:
>On 2022-12-18 at 21:40, Pawel Por wrote:
>>> std::initializer_list is "magic" in that the compiler knows about it and
>>> its connection to brace initializers.
>>>
>>> Your class lacks this compiler magic, so works differently (=not supported).
>
>> 
>> Thank you for response. Is this "magic" somehow available for the users or
>totally hidden. If so, how can I use it ?
>
>I think it is just triggered by the name std::initializer_list. So not 
>really available for user code.

A bit like printf() is usually a compiler built-in which means it can give
warnings about mismatched format specifiers and parameter types, which it
won't do with user written vararg functions.

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initializer_list constructor implementation Pawel Por <porparek@gmail.com> - 2022-12-18 02:13 -0800
  Re: initializer_list constructor implementation Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2022-12-18 12:33 +0100
    Re: initializer_list constructor implementation Pawel Por <porparek@gmail.com> - 2022-12-18 12:40 -0800
      Re: initializer_list constructor implementation Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2022-12-19 10:49 +0100
        Re: initializer_list constructor implementation Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-12-19 09:59 +0000

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