Why we cannot do data member initialization inside class with parenthesis?

Asked Jun 12 '16 at 14:14

Active Feb 03 '18 at 12:47

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I could not understand why c++11 allows braced initialization,assignment but not initialization with parenthesis for data members inside class. Below is code snippet for more clarity:

class Person {
private:
    string name="Kapil"; //this is allowed
    string organization{"Test"};//even this works
    string place("Rest"); //this is not working what's wrong?
public:

};

So specifically i am looking for what is reasoning for not allowing parenthesis initialization of data members?

edited Feb 03 '18 at 12:47

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asked Jun 12 '16 at 14:14

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Needless complexity. Why do you want yet another way to do the same thing? – Kerrek SB Jun 12 '16 at 14:19
Also, ambiguity: Currently, `int f(int(a))` already means something. – Kerrek SB Jun 12 '16 at 14:21
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Another dup: [Why C++11 in-class initializer cannot use parentheses?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24836526/why-c11-in-class-initializer-cannot-use-parentheses) – cpplearner Jun 12 '16 at 14:23

Why we cannot do data member initialization inside class with parenthesis?

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