A destructor is another special kind of class member function that is executed when an object of that class is destroyed. Whereas constructors are designed to initialize a class, destructors are designed to help clean up. When an object goes out of scope normally, or a dynamically allocated object is …
When a class type is an aggregate, we can use aggregate initialization to initialize the class type directly: struct Foo // Foo is an aggregate { int x {}; int y {}; }; int main() { Foo foo { 6, 7 }; // uses aggregate initialization return 0; } Aggregate …
In previous lesson , we discussed the public and private access levels. As a reminder, classes typically make their data members private, and private members can not be directly accessed by the public. Consider the following Date class: #include <iostream> class Date { private: int m_year{ 2020 }; int m_month{ …
Let’s say you’re walking down the street on a brisk autumn day, eating a burrito. You want somewhere to sit, so you look around. To your left is a park, with mowed grass and shade trees, a few uncomfortable benches, and screaming kids on the nearby playground. To your right …
