Hello All ...
According to ANSI C++, will a constructor with nothing but default arguments 
do as a default constructor? I'm learning C++, and my textbook (Mastering 
Borland C++ 5 by Tom Swan) declares a TTime class providing two constructors:
class TTime {
  ...
public:
  TTime()
  {
    SetTime(-1, -1, -1, -1, -1);
  }
  TTime(int m, int d = -1, int y = -1, int hr = -1, int min = -1)
  {
    SetTime(m, d, y, hr, min);
  }
  ...
};
When I however add a "-1" default argument for "m" in the second constructor 
and delete the first constructor, Borland 5 doesn't seem to have a problem 
recognizing it as a default constructor. That is, "TTime Time;" and "TTime 
Time[SIZE];" compile just fine, calling TTime(-1, -1, -1, -1, -1) as their 
constructor.
I am aware that if the constructors weren't inlined different code would be 
produced for declaring a TTime instance, but the above looks as if the author 
wanted to emphasize that one really needs a constructor without any 
arguments, not even default ones, as a default constructor. Unfortunately, he 
doesn't explain any further.
Rene
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