special_members.md

Special Member Functions in C++

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Special member functions in C++, such as constructors must be handled carefully to manage resources of a class. The C++ community has agreed on three guidelines:

Rule of Zero

?inline Nothing defined/explicitly defaulted. Class is an aggregate type.

Rule of Three

?inline

• copy constructor
• copy assignment
• destructor

Rule of Five

?inline

• copy constructor
• move constructor
• copy assignment
• move assignment
• destructor

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