Initialization of objects

Classes and Objects - slide 26 : 29

Initialization is the process of ascribing initial values to the instance variables of an object

Initialization of objects of type T
- Via use of default values of T
  - zero for numeric types, false for bool, '\x0000' for char, and null for reference types
- Via use of an initializer
- Via special methods called constructors

It is very important that a newly born object is initialized to a healthy citizen in the population of objects

Explicit initialization is always preferred over implicit initialization

Always initialize instance variables in constructors