Initializer Lists
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Initializer lists in constructors are now called before the base class constructor.
Remarks
Prior to Visual C++ 2005, the base class constructor was called before the initializer list when compiling with Managed Extensions for C++. Now, when compiling with /clr, the initializer list is called first.