Top "Rule-of-three" questions

The rule of three (also known as the Law of The Big Three or The Big Three) is a rule of thumb in C++ that claims that if a class defines one of the following it should probably explicitly define all three: destructor, copy constructor, assignment operator

What is The Rule of Three?

What does copying an object mean? What are the copy constructor and the copy assignment operator? When do I need …

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Rule-of-Three becomes Rule-of-Five with C++11?

So, after watching this wonderful lecture on rvalue references, I thought that every class would benefit of such a "move …

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Understanding -Weffc++

Consider the following program: #include <string> struct S { S (){} private: void *ptr = nullptr; std::string str = ""; }; int main(){} …

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C++ Copy Constructor + Pointer Object

I'm trying to learn "big three" in C++.. I managed to do very simple program for "big three".. but I'm …

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