skipping __init__ and using exploiting a class member instead

[Roy Smith]

In article <ed8755fd-308d-4a90-ad6c-42d4e909571d at googlegroups.com>,
 Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi at gmail.com> wrote:

> I read Scott Meyers books on C++ and STL a couple of times 
> each and helped design the protocol that kept us reasonably safe. 

Scott Meyers is an incredibly smart C++ wizard.  His books are amazing.  
The fact that it takes somebody that smart, and books that amazing, to 
teach you how not to shoot yourself in the foot with a C++ compiler says 
a lot about the language.