On 2010-06-28 at 19:08:41 [+0200], Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@xxxxxx> wrote: > I don't know this class and how often it changes, but this still seems > messy. > Is there no way in C++ to call the other constructor rather than > duplicating it? Only in the new C++ standard. Obviously not much help as long as we continue to use gcc 2. :-/ CU, Ingo