C++: Initialization by One-Parameter Constructor

Welcome to the Cow Corporation's series of videos about software engineering. The topic of this video is initialization of a C++ object by a one-parameter constructor. Prerequisite Knowledge: Table of Contents (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFvHtpPPV_k) Desktop Apps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NO4APs4Io8) Desktop Apps→C++ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNwIlsb9wqs) Desktop Apps→C++→Objects (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1InaP4s2W1I) Previous Video in this Series: Desktop Apps→C++→Objects→Constructors→Initialization by Copy-Constructor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_HpPgyD624) Example Source Code: One-parameter constructor (https://wandbox.org/permlink/RfzeLeNYfoTRXWZL) Prohibiting usage in implicit initialization (https://wandbox.org/permlink/bkMkWm7pIm9eCWU6) Converting the other direction (https://wandbox.org/permlink/H5MWmbHL2Gaz5mBo) Next Video in this Series: Desktop Apps→C++→Objects→Constructors→Keeping Default Constructor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRP1CVnAmw) Copyright 2026 Cow Corporation. All rights reserved. cowcorporation.com You are welcome to view this video. However, it is not intended to have any value other than as a set of notes for our own reference. This video comes with no guarantee of suitability for any particular purpose; use at your own risk. Music used with permission: "Take You On" by James Mercy (featuring PhiloSofie). Music provided by http://spot.fi/NCS 0:00 Intro 0:24 Video 4:42 Outro