Initialising struct in C++

[Natasha26]

I was playing around with struct and realised that when i inherit from a base-class, i can no longer initialise the inherited struct the way i'm used to.

struct Date{[indent]int dd, mm, yy;[/indent]
}

struct Employee{[indent]char* fname, *lname;
Date hiring_d;
short dept;
[/indent]
};

struct Manager : public Employee{[indent]short level; //i've tried commenting this line for furher testing but no luck[/indent]
};

Here's how i initialise:

int main()
{[indent]
Employee e1 = {"Snoop", "Dogg", ' ', {25,3,2008}, 101}; //this is ok
Manager m1 = {"Gin", "Juice", '& ', {01,01,2000}, 101, 2}; //this fails
[/indent]
}

I use Borland free compiler 5.5. And the error i get is:

Error E2190 Ch12DerivedClas s.cpp 43: Unexpected }

Any idea? It's probably not possible to initialise derived structures like that? Nat.

[gpraghuram]

I think there is a missing semicolon in the structure declaration.

[code=cpp]
struct Date{

int dd, mm, yy;

};//Semicolon was missing here

struct Employee{

char* fname, *lname;
Date hiring_d;
short dept;

};

[/code]


Raghuram

[Natasha26]

I think there is a missing semicolon in the structure declaration.

[code=cpp]
struct Date{

int dd, mm, yy;

};//Semicolon was missing here

struct Employee{

char* fname, *lname;
Date hiring_d;
short dept;

};

[/code]


Raghuram

I wrongly copied & pasted my code. Sorry about that, but that's not the problem. I can't initialise the inherited structure using ={.,.,..};

[gpraghuram]

I wrongly copied & pasted my code. Sorry about that, but that's not the problem. I can't initialise the inherited structure using ={.,.,..};

the following declaration works after some modification
[code=cpp]
Employee e1 = {"Snoop", "Dogg", {25,3,2008}, 101}; //Removed the ' '
[/code]

But you cant initialize the manager object as it is inheriting the other structure and you shold have a constructor to do this.
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Raghuram

[weaknessforcats]

To Natasha26: classes are implemented as structs in C++. The only difference is the default access to member of a class is private whereas for a struct it is public.

That is, if you specify private/public/protected for every member of your struct it is identical to a class.

That means, you use construtors, destructors, etc with your structs.

That means, you initialize your base struct by using an initialization list in the constructor of the derived struct.

[Natasha26]

To Natasha26: classes are implemented as structs in C++.

//....

That means, you initialize your base struct by using an initialization list in the constructor of the derived struct.

Well spotted weaknessforcats ! Also thank you Raghuram. Cheers guys. T.