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Classes and Resource Ownership · 4:02
What the Compiler Writes for You
The six special member functions, and the rules for when the compiler writes them. We build the generation table row by row, retell Scott Meyers' StringTable story, where a harmless logging destructor quietly turns every move into a copy, and finish with the rule of zero, the rule of five, = default and = delete.
You will learn
- Name the six special member functions
- Predict which special members the compiler generates for a class
- Explain how declaring a destructor or copy operation silently disables moves
- Apply the rule of zero, the rule of five, = default and = delete