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super()

Description

Calls the constructor of the parent class.

Definition

[void] super(...)

Parameters

... is one or many parameters separated by commas.

Function

super() should be called at the first line of the constructor of a derived class to run the constructor of the parent class. The parameters are the same as one would pass to the parent if it were allocated with new.

Example

// myClass calls the constructor of its parent, myParent,
// and passes its parameter value along using super(x).
// The parent's constructor then sets its own variable 
// value to x.

class myParent
{
private:
  var value;
public:
  myParent(x);
}

myParent::myParent(x)
{
  value = x;
}


class myClass : myParent
{
public:
  myClass(x); // Constructor
}

myClass::myClass(x)
{
  super(x); // Calls the parent constructor
}


var a = 10.0;
var obj = new(myClass,a);

See Also

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