What does this code mean?

[Sier]

CL_ConsoleWindo w console("Consol e");

Is this some c++ idiom or a macro? I know you can't tell without the
headers, but I want a quick explanation.

[Jacques Labuschagne]

Re: What does this code mean?

Sier wrote:
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> CL_ConsoleWindo w console("Consol e");
>
> Is this some c++ idiom or a macro? I know you can't tell without the
> headers, but I want a quick explanation.[/color]

Looks like it's declaring an object called 'console' with type
'CL_ConsoleWind ow'. The constructor of that object is being
passed the const char* "Console".

Nothing odd there... Like you say, we could tell you more with headers.

Jacques.

[Sier]

Re: What does this code mean?

Jacques Labuschagne <jacques@clawsh rimp.com> wrote on Wed, 07 Jan 2004
12:03:25 GMT in comp.lang.c++:
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> Looks like it's declaring an object called 'console' with type
> 'CL_ConsoleWind ow'. The constructor of that object is being
> passed the const char* "Console".
>[/color]

Yes, but doesn't it have a name? Sorry but I'm inexperienced with C++.

[tom_usenet]

Re: What does this code mean?

On 7 Jan 2004 12:37:51 GMT, Sier <nosmapplease@s omewhere.com> wrote:
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>Jacques Labuschagne <jacques@clawsh rimp.com> wrote on Wed, 07 Jan 2004
>12:03:25 GMT in comp.lang.c++:
>[color=green]
>> Looks like it's declaring an object called 'console' with type
>> 'CL_ConsoleWind ow'. The constructor of that object is being
>> passed the const char* "Console".
>>[/color]
>
>Yes, but doesn't it have a name? Sorry but I'm inexperienced with C++.[/color]

What doesn't have a name? The declared object (assuming the code is as
Jacques says) has the name console.

Tom

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[Seth Morecraft]

Re: What does this code mean?

Sier wrote:[color=blue]
> CL_ConsoleWindo w console("Consol e");
>
> Is this some c++ idiom or a macro? I know you can't tell without the
> headers, but I want a quick explanation.[/color]


This is straight from the Clanlid Game SDK (http://www.clanlib.org)
- From the Examples:
// Create a console window for text-output if not available
CL_ConsoleWindo w console("Debug Console");
Check out the documentation of the Clanlib package for more information
on what it does- but the comment really says it all. Hope this helps!

Seth

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Re: What does this code mean?

Sier wrote:
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> Jacques Labuschagne <jacques@clawsh rimp.com> wrote on Wed, 07 Jan 2004
> 12:03:25 GMT in comp.lang.c++:
>[color=green]
>> Looks like it's declaring an object called 'console' with type
>> 'CL_ConsoleWind ow'. The constructor of that object is being
>> passed the const char* "Console".
>>[/color]
>
> Yes, but doesn't it have a name?[/color]

Read again:
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>> Looks like it's declaring an object called 'console'...[/color][/color]

[Catalin Pitis]

Re: What does this code mean?


"Sier" <nosmapplease@s omewhere.com> wrote in message
news:Xns946994D BAF6E7t45fs6vve @130.133.1.4...[color=blue]
> Jacques Labuschagne <jacques@clawsh rimp.com> wrote on Wed, 07 Jan 2004
> 12:03:25 GMT in comp.lang.c++:
>[color=green]
> > Looks like it's declaring an object called 'console' with type
> > 'CL_ConsoleWind ow'. The constructor of that object is being
> > passed the const char* "Console".
> >[/color]
>
> Yes, but doesn't it have a name? Sorry but I'm inexperienced with C++.[/color]

If you are refering to the constructor name, it is the same as the class
name. This is the way an object is built at declaration time (the
constructor doesn't appear explicitly in the declaration).

Catalin

[Dan Cernat]

Re: What does this code mean?

Sier <nosmapplease@s omewhere.com> wrote in message news:<Xns94698E 880B1C9t45fs6vv e@130.133.1.4>. ..[color=blue]
> CL_ConsoleWindo w console("Consol e");
>
> Is this some c++ idiom or a macro? I know you can't tell without the
> headers, but I want a quick explanation.[/color]

apparently this is a variable declaration:

it declares a variable named 'console' of type 'CL_ConsoleWind ow' and
initializes it with the string "Console"

Dan

[Psymaster]

Re: What does this code mean?

tom_usenet <tom_usenet@hot mail.com> wrote on Wed, 07 Jan 2004
13:04:05 GMT in comp.lang.c++:
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>>Yes, but doesn't it have a name? Sorry but I'm inexperienced with
>>C++.[/color]
>
> What doesn't have a name? The declared object (assuming the code
> is as Jacques says) has the name console.
>[/color]

Duh. Sorry for the silly questions.

[Sier]

Re: What does this code mean?

"Catalin Pitis" <catalin.pitis. removeme@iquest int.com> wrote on Wed, 07
Jan 2004 13:21:08 GMT in comp.lang.c++:
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> This is the way an object is built at declaration time (the
> constructor doesn't appear explicitly in the declaration).
>
>[/color]

That's what I had forgot from my little experience with c++. I plan to
work with this library and I wanted to be comfortable with the c++
syntax before I start working on a project.

[jeffc]

Re: What does this code mean?


"Sier" <nosmapplease@s omewhere.com> wrote in message
news:Xns94698E8 80B1C9t45fs6vve @130.133.1.4...[color=blue]
> CL_ConsoleWindo w console("Consol e");
>
> Is this some c++ idiom or a macro? I know you can't tell without the
> headers, but I want a quick explanation.[/color]

It's not a known C++ idiom or macro. It looks like Windows stuff to me.

[Mike Wahler]

Re: What does this code mean?


"Catalin Pitis" <catalin.pitis. removeme@iquest int.com> wrote in message
news:bth16s$764 ei$1@ID-153006.news.uni-berlin.de...[color=blue]
>
> "Sier" <nosmapplease@s omewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns946994D BAF6E7t45fs6vve @130.133.1.4...[color=green]
> > Jacques Labuschagne <jacques@clawsh rimp.com> wrote on Wed, 07 Jan 2004
> > 12:03:25 GMT in comp.lang.c++:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > Looks like it's declaring an object called 'console' with type
> > > 'CL_ConsoleWind ow'. The constructor of that object is being
> > > passed the const char* "Console".
> > >[/color]
> >
> > Yes, but doesn't it have a name? Sorry but I'm inexperienced with C++.[/color]
>
> If you are refering to the constructor name, it is the same as the class
> name.[/color]

No. Constructors do not have names. (12.1/1)

-Mike