It's C++,

It still doesn't look like any syntax I'm familiar with? It's been a while since I did any serious C++, but even so?

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It's a variable declaration with an initialiser.

$ cat a.cpp
#include <stdio.h>

struct Point {
   Point(int a_x, int a_y) : x(a_x), y(a_y) {}
   int x;
   int y;
};

int main() {
   Point point(5,6);
   printf("%d,%d\n", point.x, point.y);
   return 0;
}

$ g++ -o a a.cpp && a
5,6
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It's like new, but the object is allocated on the stack instead of the heap, and the variable is a reference instead of a pointer. It's the object equivalent of

int i = 5;
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which can also be written as

int i(5);
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which is what allowed me to write

Point(int a_x, int a_y) : x(a_x), y(a_y) {}
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instead of

Point(int a_x, int a_y) { x = a_x; y = a_y; }
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Hi BrowserUK, that was just my class rect constructor. I didn't put it in the code. I'm sorry

that was just my class rect constructor.

Is that a macro?

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With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

The start of some sanity?