How to copy a cstring to a member variable in a constructors initializer list?

Question

Instead of doing it this way:

myClass::myClass(char* name) :
    name(nullptr)
{
this->name = new char[strlen(name) + 1];
    strcpy(this->name, name);
}

How can I initialize name completely inside of the initializer list?

Answer 1

Since we're dealing with exercises in futility:

myClass::myClass(char* name): name_{
  [](char* n) {
    auto ret = new char[strlen(n) + 1]; 
    strcpy(ret, n);
    return ret;
  }(name)
} {}