[cmake-developers] [CMake 0011683]: Improve implementation of constructors

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=11683 
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Reported By:                Markus Elfring
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   11683
Category:                   Development
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2011-01-11 14:44 CET
Last Modified:              2011-01-11 14:44 CET
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Summary:                    Improve implementation of constructors
Description: 
I have noticed that some assignments are used in the constructor bodies.

Examples:
http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=blob;f=Source/cmCacheManager.cxx;hb=a2a997d8c479e2b0a56354ef107239f550117c44#l36
http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=blob;f=Source/cmXCodeObject.cxx;hb=a8ded5338bf44173fe33e0249ab14aa3d8e7540c#l36
http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=blob;f=Source/kwsys/Glob.cxx;hb=f9687e328f7ea64ea6384aae11af36fdd3a12643#l59

The recommended way for performing efficient construction is to use the
initialisation list.
http://dietmar-kuehl.de/mirror/c++-faq/ctors.html#faq-10.6
http://cprogramming.com/tutorial/initialization-lists-c++.html
http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/languages/C++/Thinking_in_C++/tic0143.html
http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=15&rl=1
http://goingware.com/tips/parameters/membervars.html
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Issue History 
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2011-01-11 14:44 Markus Elfring New Issue                                    
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