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user800799
user800799

Reputation: 3013

Can't initialize vector C++

SockeClient.h file

#define SIZE_OF_BUFFER 4096

class SocketClient {

public:
    SocketClient(int cfd);
    virtual ~SocketClient();

    int recv();
    int getFd();

protected:
    int             m_fd;
    char            *m_buffer;
    vector<char>    m_vbuffer;

};

I was trying to do 

vector<char>    m_vbuffer(SIZE_OF_BUFFER);

And I got a syntax error... How do I initialize the vector with size of 4096. Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 439

Answers (3)

Sarfaraz Nawaz
Sarfaraz Nawaz

Reputation: 361252

Use member-initialization-list, in the constructor's definition as:

class SocketClient {

public:
    SocketClient(int cfd) : m_vbuffer(SIZE_OF_BUFFER) 
    {                   //^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ member-initialization-list

         //other code... 
    }


protected:
    int             m_fd;
    char            *m_buffer;
    vector<char>    m_vbuffer;

};

You can use member-initialization-list to initialize many members as:

class A
{
  std::string s;
  int a;
  int *p;
  A(int x) : s("somestring"), a(x), p(new int[100])
  {
    //other code if any
  }
 ~A()
  {
     delete []p; //must deallocate the memory!
  }
};

Upvotes: 3

Clemens
Clemens

Reputation: 1817

Call m_vbuffer->reserve(SIZE_OF_BUFFER) in the constructor of SocketClient.

Upvotes: 1

Dialecticus
Dialecticus

Reputation: 16761

In addition to other answers consider using some circular buffer instead of vector. There is one in boost.

Upvotes: 0

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