Part III. Classes and Data Abstraction
CONTENTS
Chapter 12 Classes
Chapter 13 Copy Control
Chapter 14 Overloaded Operations and Conversions
Classes are central to most C++ programs: Classes let us define our own types that are customized for the problems we need to solve, resulting in applications that are easier to write and understand. Well-designed class types can be as easy to use as the built-in types.
A class defines data and function members: The data members store the state associated with objects of the class type, and the functions perform operations that give meaning to the data. Classes let us separate implementation and interface. The interface specifies the operations that the class supports. Only the implementor of the class ...
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