Entries by Rainer Grimm

Regular Types

The concept of a regular type goes back to the creator of the Standard Template Library (STL) Alexander Stepanov. A regular type is a user-defined type and behaves like a built-in type.

The Rule of Zero, or Six

The rule of zero, or six, is one of the advanced rules in modern C++. I wrote in my current book “C++ Core Guidelines Explained: Best Practices for Modern C++” about them. Today, I want to quote the relevant parts of my book in this post.