I agree with you, I also don't like these naming conventions. Still I don't use this-> and have never been bitten by a shadowed variable (yet). > class C { C

I agree with you, I also don't like these naming conventions. Still I don't use this-> and have never been bitten by a shadowed variable (yet). > class C { C(int width) : value(width) { } int width; }; You mean to write class C { C(int width) : width(width) { } int width; }; here, right?