EC-item 5: Know what functions C++ silently writes and calls

If you write as below:

class Empty{};

it's essentially the same as if you'd written this:

class Empty {

public:

  Empty() { ... }                            // default constructor

  Empty(const Empty& rhs) { ... }            // copy constructor



  ~Empty() { ... }                           // destructor — see below

                                             // for whether it's virtual



  Empty& operator=(const Empty& rhs) { ... } // copy assignment operator

};

Things to Remember

• Compilers may implicitly generate a class's default constructor, copy constructor, copy assignment operator, and destructor.