> On 16 Sep 2023, at 02:05, Henry Skoglund <he...@tungware.se> wrote: > > On 2023-09-16 01:55, Giuseppe D'Angelo via Development wrote: >> Wrong mailing list? >> >> Il 16/09/23 01:41, Henry Skoglund ha scritto: >>> S a; >>> S b = a.clone(); >>> >>> it seems to work like a charm (6.5.2 on Linux and the Mac. 5.15.2 on >>> Windows) but my question is if it's kosher? >> >> You class has value semantics, so: >> >> S b = a; >> >> >>> I have bad memories from my MFC days in the previous century doing this >>> simple cloning but maybe it's considered good code now... >> >> Many types in MFC has value semantics as well (CString, COleDateTime, etc.). >> > > Thanks Guiseppe and sorry if this was a kind of noob question 😄
Nothing wrong with asking noob questions, and designing types in C++ has not become less complex since MFC was made. You might want to read up about the rule of three/five/zero: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/rule_of_three Cheers, Volker -- Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development
