C++ Primer Plus

Class Changes

C++11 makes several changes to simplify and expand class design. These include ways to allow constructors to call one another and to be inherited, better ways to control method access, and move constructors and assignment operators, all of which will be covered in this chapter. Meanwhile, let’s review the changes that have been discussed previously.

explicit Conversion Operators

One of the exciting aspects in the early days of C++ was the ease with which automatic conversions for classes could be established. One of the realizations that grew as programming experience accumulated was that automatic type conversions could lead to problems in the form of unexpected conversions. C++ then addressed one aspect of the problem by introducing ...