2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.cpp b/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.cpp
index 4f3d2e4..a323f72 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ namespace H5 {
 
 const DSetCreatPropList DSetCreatPropList::DEFAULT( H5P_DEFAULT );
 
+// Creates a dataset creation property list
+DSetCreatPropList::DSetCreatPropList() : PropList( H5P_DATASET_CREATE) {}
+
 // Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original DSetCreatPropList object;
 DSetCreatPropList::DSetCreatPropList( const DSetCreatPropList& orig ) : PropList( orig ) {}
 
diff --git a/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.h b/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.h
index 1c164b1..759c6ce 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5DcreatProp.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class __DLLCPP__ DSetCreatPropList : public PropList {
 	static const DSetCreatPropList DEFAULT;
 
 	// Creates a dataset creation property list
-	DSetCreatPropList() : PropList( H5P_DATASET_CREATE) {}
+	DSetCreatPropList();
 
 	// Copy constructor: creates a copy of a DSetCreatPropList object;
 	// often used by the compiler when passing by value occurs.