How do I call the base class constructor?

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You do this in the initializer-list of the constructor of the subclass.

class Foo : public BaseClass {
public:
    Foo() : BaseClass("asdf") {}
};

Base-class constructors that take arguments have to be called there before any members are initialized.

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