consider this example:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class {
         public:
                 int getX()
                 {
                         return _x;
                 }
                 void setX( int x )
                 {
                         _x = x;
                 }
         private:
                 int _x;
} global;

int main (){
         global.setX(10);
         cout << global.getX() << endl;
         return 0;
}
/********************/

In the above code the variable global is well... a global variable of an
unnamed type.
However not knowing it's name i am available of creating a constructor for
it (not one that initialises it's members instead of assigning values to
them i.e. named constructor);

How can one create a constructor for an unnamed class?
I'd really like an answer on this.


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Elias Pouloyiannis <stud1150@di.uoa.gr> wrote in message news:<c3va8s$ac7$1@usenet.otenet.gr>...
..
> How can one create a constructor for an unnamed class?
> I'd really like an answer on this.

You can't. If the default constructor is unacceptable, you're going to
have to name the class in order to provide non-default semantics for
the construction of the objects.


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How should i declare the constructor for an unnamed class?
consider the following example

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class {
=A0=A0public:
=A0=A0=A0=A0int=A0getX(){=A0return=A0_x;=A0}
=A0=A0private:
=A0=A0=A0=A0int=A0_x;
} global;

int main (){
=A0=A0cout=A0<<=A0global.getX()=A0<<=A0endl;
}

How should i initialise the privete member _x of the class?
Is the named constructor idiom my only choice here?
And don't ask why on earth whould i ever create a nameless class... i am
just wondering ;)

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