Class vs Struct

[Owain]

Hi. Just curious about the difference between classes and structures. I know that class members are default private and struct members are default public. Is there any difference beyond that?

Also, is there a situation where its best to use one or the other? Or are they synonymous if you are explicit with the encapsulation?

[freddy92]

There is no difference beyond what you stated. Generally, structs are used when you only have data, while classes are used when you want additional functionality.

[Framework]

There's 1 small difference: base classes are public, too. Other than that, there's absolutely no difference between the two.

Owain wrote:

"Also, is there a situation where its best to use one or the other?"

Well, no. I consider the choice a personal preference. That being said, I use "struct" more as it more closely describes the implementation. For example: "struct array", or, "struct stack"; both are "struct"ures. I find that "class" is not as descriptive as "struct" in most cases.

Owain wrote:

"Or are they synonymous if you are explicit with the encapsulation?"

As you & I said, there's no difference between the two, other than the said differences.

_Wazzak