Update rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node.hpp

Co-authored-by: Chris Lalancette <clalancette@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Emerson Knapp <emerson.b.knapp@gmail.com>
ros2 · Jul 10, 2023 · 59996cc · 59996cc
1 parent 0f6272a
commit 59996cc
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/node.hpp
@@ -1595,7 +1595,10 @@ class Node : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Node>
   const std::string effective_namespace_;
 
   class NodeImpl;
-  std::shared_ptr<NodeImpl> hidden_impl_;
+  // This member is meant to be a place to backport features into stable distributions,
+  // and new features targeting Rolling should not use this.
+  // See the comment in node.cpp for more information.
+  std::shared_ptr<NodeImpl> hidden_impl_{nullptr};
 };
 
 }  // namespace rclcpp