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A quick question about structures in C++ that I haven't managed to find the answer for:
I've read that the only difference between structures and classes is the member-visibility. So, does the compiler give the structure a default constructor? (and a default copyconstructor, destructor, and assignment operator aswell?) And can you define all of the above yourself?
Thanks, István
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3. Constructor creation in structure: Structures in C cannot have a constructor inside a structure but Structures in C++ can have Constructor creation.
Constructors are a feature of C++ (but not C) that make initialization of structures convenient. Within a structure type definition, define a constructor in a way that is similar to a function definition, with the following differences. The name of the constructor must be the same as the name of the structure type.
Constructor in C++ is a special method that is invoked automatically at the time of object creation. It is used to initialize the data members of new objects generally. The constructor in C++ has the same name as the class or structure. Constructor is invoked at the time of object creation.
Technically, a struct is like a class , so technically a struct would naturally benefit from having constructors and methods, like a class does.
Yes, it does, and yes, you can.
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