Initialization

According to the FAQ of isocpp.org is the static initialization order fiasco "a subtle way to crash your program". The FAQ continues: The static initialization order problem is a very subtle and commonly misunderstood aspect of C++. ". Today, I write about this very subtle and misunderstood aspect of C++.  

Designated initialization is an extension of aggregate initialization and empowers you to directly initialize the members of a class type using their names.

Let's continue our tour through the rules for expressions and statements in the C++ core guidelines. This post will be about declarations and initializations. 

The initialization of variables was unified in C++11. The rule is quite simple. {}-Initialization is always applicable. 

Probably the most frequently used feature of C++11 is auto. Thanks to auto, the compiler determines the type of a variable from its initializer. But what is the point of safety-critical software?