This is supposed to be a trivial question but I could not find it explicitly on stackoverflow.
The following will be defined implicitly if not provided by the user.
But I have read somewhere (which I cant seem to find now), that there are some conditions where the compiler will not implicitly implement them.
What are these conditions?
A copy constructor is called when a new object is created from an existing object, as a copy of the existing object. The assignment operator is called when an already initialized object is assigned a new value from another existing object.
Default Copy Constructors: When a copy constructor is not defined, the C++ compiler automatically supplies with its self-generated constructor that copies the values of the object to the new object.
Which of the following constructors are provided by the C++ compiler if not defined in a class? Explanation: If a programmer does not define the above constructors in a class the C++ compiler by default provides these constructors to avoid error on basic operations.
The answer is No. The creation of the object memory is done via the new instruction. Copy constructor is then in charge of the actual copying (relevant only when it's not a shallow copy, obviously). You can, if you want, explicitly call a different constructor prior to the copy constructor execution.
The Default Constuctor (e.g., X()
) will not be implicitly generated if:
const
object, or a class with no or inaccessible default constructor)X() = delete;
The Copy Constructor (e.g., X(const X&)
) will not be implicitly generated if:
X
a constructor taking X
, X&
or const X&
) X(const X&) = delete;
The Copy Assignment Operator (e.g., X& operator=(const X&)
) will not be implicitly generated if:
X
an operator=
taking X
, X&
or const X&
)const
object, or a class with no or inaccessible assignment operator)X& operator=(const X&) = delete;
The Destructor (e.g., ~X()
) will not be implicitly generated if:
~X() = delete;
The Move Constructor (C++11) (e.g., X(X&&)
) will not be implicitly generated if:
X
, a constructor taking X&&
)const
, is a reference, or has a deleted, inaccessible, or ambiguous move constructor)X(X&&) = delete;
The Move Assignment Operator (C++11) (e.g., X& operator=(X&&)
) will not be implicitly generated if:
X
, an operator=
taking X&&
)const
, is a reference, or has a deleted, inaccessible, or ambiguous move assignment operator)X& operator=(X&&) = delete;
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