[class.ctor] # 11 Classes [[class]](./#class) ## 11.4 Class members [[class.mem]](class.mem#class.ctor) ### 11.4.5 Constructors [class.ctor] #### [11.4.5.1](#general) General [[class.ctor.general]](class.ctor.general) [1](#general-1) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1240) A [*declarator*](dcl.decl.general#nt:declarator "9.3.1 General [dcl.decl.general]") declares a [*constructor*](#def:constructor "11.4.5.1 General [class.ctor.general]") if it is a function declarator ([[dcl.fct]](dcl.fct "9.3.4.6 Functions")) of the form [*ptr-declarator*](dcl.decl.general#nt:ptr-declarator "9.3.1 General [dcl.decl.general]") ( [*parameter-declaration-clause*](dcl.fct#nt:parameter-declaration-clause "9.3.4.6 Functions [dcl.fct]") ) [*noexcept-specifier*](except.spec#nt:noexcept-specifier "14.5 Exception specifications [except.spec]")opt [*attribute-specifier-seq*](dcl.attr.grammar#nt:attribute-specifier-seq "9.13.1 Attribute syntax and semantics [dcl.attr.grammar]")opt where the [*ptr-declarator*](dcl.decl.general#nt:ptr-declarator "9.3.1 General [dcl.decl.general]") consists solely of an[*id-expression*](expr.prim.id.general#nt:id-expression "7.5.5.1 General [expr.prim.id.general]"), an optional [*attribute-specifier-seq*](dcl.attr.grammar#nt:attribute-specifier-seq "9.13.1 Attribute syntax and semantics [dcl.attr.grammar]"), and optional surrounding parentheses, and the [*id-expression*](expr.prim.id.general#nt:id-expression "7.5.5.1 General [expr.prim.id.general]") has one of the following forms: - [(1.1)](#general-1.1) in a friend declaration ([[class.friend]](class.friend "11.8.4 Friends")), the [*id-expression*](expr.prim.id.general#nt:id-expression "7.5.5.1 General [expr.prim.id.general]") is a [*qualified-id*](expr.prim.id.qual#nt:qualified-id "7.5.5.3 Qualified names [expr.prim.id.qual]") that names a constructor ([[class.qual]](class.qual "6.5.5.2 Class members")); - [(1.2)](#general-1.2) otherwise, in a [*member-declaration*](class.mem.general#nt:member-declaration "11.4.1 General [class.mem.general]") that belongs to the[*member-specification*](class.mem.general#nt:member-specification "11.4.1 General [class.mem.general]") of a class or class template, the [*id-expression*](expr.prim.id.general#nt:id-expression "7.5.5.1 General [expr.prim.id.general]") is the injected-class-name ([[class.pre]](class.pre "11.1 Preamble")) of the immediately-enclosing entity; - [(1.3)](#general-1.3) otherwise, the[*id-expression*](expr.prim.id.general#nt:id-expression "7.5.5.1 General [expr.prim.id.general]") is a [*qualified-id*](expr.prim.id.qual#nt:qualified-id "7.5.5.3 Qualified names [expr.prim.id.qual]") whose [*unqualified-id*](expr.prim.id.unqual#nt:unqualified-id "7.5.5.2 Unqualified names [expr.prim.id.unqual]") is the injected-class-name of its lookup context[.](#general-1.sentence-1) Constructors do not have names[.](#general-1.sentence-2) In a constructor declaration, each [*decl-specifier*](dcl.spec.general#nt:decl-specifier "9.2.1 General [dcl.spec.general]") in the optional[*decl-specifier-seq*](dcl.spec.general#nt:decl-specifier-seq "9.2.1 General [dcl.spec.general]") shall befriend,inline,constexpr,consteval, or an [*explicit-specifier*](dcl.fct.spec#nt:explicit-specifier "9.2.3 Function specifiers [dcl.fct.spec]")[.](#general-1.sentence-3) [*Example [1](#general-example-1)*: struct S { S(); // declares the constructor}; S::S() { } // defines the constructor — *end example*] [2](#general-2) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1285) A constructor is used to initialize objects of its class type[.](#general-2.sentence-1) [*Note [1](#general-note-1)*: Because constructors do not have names, they are never found during unqualified name lookup; however an explicit type conversion using the functional notation ([[expr.type.conv]](expr.type.conv "7.6.1.4 Explicit type conversion (functional notation)")) will cause a constructor to be called to initialize an object[.](#general-2.sentence-2) The syntax looks like an explicit call of the constructor[.](#general-2.sentence-3) — *end note*] [*Example [2](#general-example-2)*: complex zz = complex(1,2.3); cprint( complex(7.8,1.2) ); — *end example*] [*Note [2](#general-note-2)*: For initialization of objects of class type see [[class.init]](class.init "11.9 Initialization")[.](#general-2.sentence-4) — *end note*] [3](#general-3) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1305) An object created in this way is unnamed[.](#general-3.sentence-1) [*Note [3](#general-note-3)*: [[class.temporary]](class.temporary "6.8.7 Temporary objects") describes the lifetime of temporary objects[.](#general-3.sentence-2) — *end note*] [*Note [4](#general-note-4)*: Explicit constructor calls do not yield lvalues, see [[basic.lval]](basic.lval "7.2.1 Value category")[.](#general-3.sentence-3) — *end note*] [4](#general-4) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1315) [*Note [5](#general-note-5)*: Some language constructs have special semantics when used during construction; see [[class.base.init]](class.base.init "11.9.3 Initializing bases and members") and [[class.cdtor]](class.cdtor "11.9.5 Construction and destruction")[.](#general-4.sentence-1) — *end note*] [5](#general-5) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1322) A constructor can be invoked for aconst,volatile orconstvolatile object[.](#general-5.sentence-1) const andvolatile semantics ([[dcl.type.cv]](dcl.type.cv "9.2.9.2 The cv-qualifiers")) are not applied on an object under construction[.](#general-5.sentence-2) They come into effect when the constructor for the most derived object ([[intro.object]](intro.object "6.8.2 Object model")) ends[.](#general-5.sentence-3) [6](#general-6) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1340) The address of a constructor shall not be taken[.](#general-6.sentence-1) [*Note [6](#general-note-6)*: A return statement in the body of a constructor cannot specify a return value ([[stmt.return]](stmt.return "8.8.4 The return statement"))[.](#general-6.sentence-2) — *end note*] [7](#general-7) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1349) A constructor shall not be a coroutine[.](#general-7.sentence-1) [8](#general-8) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1352) A constructor shall not have an explicit object parameter ([[dcl.fct]](dcl.fct "9.3.4.6 Functions"))[.](#general-8.sentence-1) #### [11.4.5.2](#class.default.ctor) Default constructors [[class.default.ctor]](class.default.ctor) [1](#class.default.ctor-1) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1357) A [*default constructor*](#def:constructor,default "11.4.5.2 Default constructors [class.default.ctor]") for a class X is a constructor of class X for which each parameter that is not a function parameter pack has a default argument (including the case of a constructor with no parameters)[.](#class.default.ctor-1.sentence-1) If there is no user-declared constructor or constructor template for classX, a non-explicit constructor having no parameters is implicitly declared as defaulted ([[dcl.fct.def]](dcl.fct.def "9.6 Function definitions"))[.](#class.default.ctor-1.sentence-2) An implicitly-declared default constructor is an inline public member of its class[.](#class.default.ctor-1.sentence-3) [2](#class.default.ctor-2) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1374) A defaulted default constructor for class X is defined as deleted if - [(2.1)](#class.default.ctor-2.1) any non-static data member with no default member initializer ([[class.mem]](class.mem "11.4 Class members")) is of reference type, - [(2.2)](#class.default.ctor-2.2) X is a non-union class and any non-variant non-static data member of const-qualified type (or possibly multidimensional array thereof) with no [*brace-or-equal-initializer*](dcl.init.general#nt:brace-or-equal-initializer "9.5.1 General [dcl.init.general]") is not const-default-constructible ([[dcl.init]](dcl.init "9.5 Initializers")), - [(2.3)](#class.default.ctor-2.3) any non-variant potentially constructed subobject, except for a non-static data member with a [*brace-or-equal-initializer*](dcl.init.general#nt:brace-or-equal-initializer "9.5.1 General [dcl.init.general]"), has class type M (or possibly multidimensional array thereof) and overload resolution ([[over.match]](over.match "12.2 Overload resolution")) as applied to find M's corresponding constructor does not result in a usable candidate ([[over.match.general]](over.match.general "12.2.1 General")), or - [(2.4)](#class.default.ctor-2.4) any potentially constructed subobject S has class type M (or possibly multidimensional array thereof),M has a destructor that is deleted or inaccessible from the defaulted default constructor, and either S is non-variant or S has a default member initializer[.](#class.default.ctor-2.sentence-1) [3](#class.default.ctor-3) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1401) A default constructor for a class X is[*trivial*](#def:constructor,default,trivial "11.4.5.2 Default constructors [class.default.ctor]") if it is not user-provided and if - [(3.1)](#class.default.ctor-3.1) X has no virtual functions ([[class.virtual]](class.virtual "11.7.3 Virtual functions")) and no virtual base classes ([[class.mi]](class.mi "11.7.2 Multiple base classes")), and - [(3.2)](#class.default.ctor-3.2) no non-static data member of X has a default member initializer ([[class.mem]](class.mem "11.4 Class members")), and - [(3.3)](#class.default.ctor-3.3) all the direct base classes of X have trivial default constructors, and - [(3.4)](#class.default.ctor-3.4) either X is a union or for all the non-variant non-static data members of X that are of class type (or array thereof), each such class has a trivial default constructor[.](#class.default.ctor-3.sentence-1) Otherwise, the default constructor is[*non-trivial*](#def:constructor,default,non-trivial "11.4.5.2 Default constructors [class.default.ctor]")[.](#class.default.ctor-3.sentence-2) [4](#class.default.ctor-4) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1425) If a default constructor of a union-like class X is trivial, then for each union U that is either X or an anonymous union member of X, if the first variant member, if any, of U has implicit-lifetime type ([[basic.types.general]](basic.types.general "6.9.1 General")), the default constructor of X begins the lifetime of that member if it is not the active member of its union[.](#class.default.ctor-4.sentence-1) [*Note [1](#class.default.ctor-note-1)*: It is already the active member if U was value-initialized[.](#class.default.ctor-4.sentence-2) — *end note*] Otherwise, an implicitly-defined ([[dcl.fct.def.default]](dcl.fct.def.default "9.6.2 Explicitly-defaulted functions")) default constructor performs the set of initializations of the class that would be performed by a user-written default constructor for that class with no[*ctor-initializer*](class.base.init#nt:ctor-initializer "11.9.3 Initializing bases and members [class.base.init]") ([[class.base.init]](class.base.init "11.9.3 Initializing bases and members")) and an empty[*compound-statement*](stmt.block#nt:compound-statement "8.4 Compound statement or block [stmt.block]")[.](#class.default.ctor-4.sentence-3) If that user-written default constructor would be ill-formed, the program is ill-formed[.](#class.default.ctor-4.sentence-4) If that user-written default constructor would be constexpr-suitable ([[dcl.constexpr]](dcl.constexpr "9.2.6 The constexpr and consteval specifiers")), the implicitly-defined default constructor is constexpr[.](#class.default.ctor-4.sentence-5) Before the defaulted default constructor for a class is implicitly defined, all the non-user-provided default constructors for its base classes and its non-static data members are implicitly defined[.](#class.default.ctor-4.sentence-6) [*Note [2](#class.default.ctor-note-2)*: An implicitly-declared default constructor has an exception specification ([[except.spec]](except.spec "14.5 Exception specifications"))[.](#class.default.ctor-4.sentence-7) An explicitly-defaulted definition might have an implicit exception specification, see [[dcl.fct.def]](dcl.fct.def "9.6 Function definitions")[.](#class.default.ctor-4.sentence-8) — *end note*] [5](#class.default.ctor-5) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1458) [*Note [3](#class.default.ctor-note-3)*: A default constructor is implicitly invoked to initialize a class object when no initializer is specified ([[dcl.init.general]](dcl.init.general "9.5.1 General"))[.](#class.default.ctor-5.sentence-1) Such a default constructor needs to be accessible ([[class.access]](class.access "11.8 Member access control"))[.](#class.default.ctor-5.sentence-2) — *end note*] [6](#class.default.ctor-6) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1466) [*Note [4](#class.default.ctor-note-4)*: [[class.base.init]](class.base.init "11.9.3 Initializing bases and members") describes the order in which constructors for base classes and non-static data members are called and describes how arguments can be specified for the calls to these constructors[.](#class.default.ctor-6.sentence-1) — *end note*] #### [11.4.5.3](#class.copy.ctor) Copy/move constructors [[class.copy.ctor]](class.copy.ctor) [1](#class.copy.ctor-1) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1477) A non-template constructor for classX is a copy constructor if its first parameter is of typeX&,const X&,volatile X& orconst volatile X&, and either there are no other parameters or else all other parameters have default arguments ([[dcl.fct.default]](dcl.fct.default "9.3.4.7 Default arguments"))[.](#class.copy.ctor-1.sentence-1) [*Example [1](#class.copy.ctor-example-1)*: X​::​X(const X&) andX​::​X(X&,int=1) are copy constructors[.](#class.copy.ctor-1.sentence-2) struct X { X(int); X(const X&, int = 1);}; X a(1); // calls X(int); X b(a, 0); // calls X(const X&, int); X c = b; // calls X(const X&, int); — *end example*] [2](#class.copy.ctor-2) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1512) A non-template constructor for class X is a move constructor if its first parameter is of type X&&, const X&&,volatile X&&, or const volatile X&&, and either there are no other parameters or else all other parameters have default arguments ([[dcl.fct.default]](dcl.fct.default "9.3.4.7 Default arguments"))[.](#class.copy.ctor-2.sentence-1) [*Example [2](#class.copy.ctor-example-2)*: Y​::​Y(Y&&) is a move constructor[.](#class.copy.ctor-2.sentence-2) struct Y { Y(const Y&); Y(Y&&);};extern Y f(int); Y d(f(1)); // calls Y(Y&&) Y e = d; // calls Y(const Y&) — *end example*] [3](#class.copy.ctor-3) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1531) [*Note [1](#class.copy.ctor-note-1)*: All forms of copy/move constructor can be declared for a class[.](#class.copy.ctor-3.sentence-1) [*Example [3](#class.copy.ctor-example-3)*: struct X { X(const X&); X(X&); // OK X(X&&); X(const X&&); // OK, but possibly not sensible}; — *end example*] — *end note*] [4](#class.copy.ctor-4) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1546) [*Note [2](#class.copy.ctor-note-2)*: If a classX only has a copy constructor with a parameter of typeX&, an initializer of typeconstX orvolatileX cannot initialize an object of typecv X[.](#class.copy.ctor-4.sentence-1) [*Example [4](#class.copy.ctor-example-4)*: struct X { X(); // default constructor X(X&); // copy constructor with a non-const parameter};const X cx; X x = cx; // error: X​::​X(X&) cannot copy cx into x — *end example*] — *end note*] [5](#class.copy.ctor-5) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1572) A declaration of a constructor for a classX is ill-formed if its first parameter is of typecv X and either there are no other parameters or else all other parameters have default arguments[.](#class.copy.ctor-5.sentence-1) A member function template is never instantiated to produce such a constructor signature[.](#class.copy.ctor-5.sentence-2) [*Example [5](#class.copy.ctor-example-5)*: struct S {template S(T); S();}; S g; void h() { S a(g); // does not instantiate the member template to produce S​::​S(S);// uses the implicitly declared copy constructor} — *end example*] [6](#class.copy.ctor-6) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1597) If the class definition does not explicitly declare a copy constructor, a non-explicit one is declared [*implicitly*](#def:constructor,copy,implicitly_declared "11.4.5.3 Copy/move constructors [class.copy.ctor]")[.](#class.copy.ctor-6.sentence-1) If the class definition declares a move constructor or move assignment operator, the implicitly declared copy constructor is defined as deleted; otherwise, it is defaulted ([[dcl.fct.def]](dcl.fct.def "9.6 Function definitions"))[.](#class.copy.ctor-6.sentence-2) The latter case is deprecated if the class has a user-declared copy assignment operator or a user-declared destructor ([[depr.impldec]](depr.impldec "D.6 Implicit declaration of copy functions"))[.](#class.copy.ctor-6.sentence-3) [7](#class.copy.ctor-7) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1607) The implicitly-declared copy constructor for a classX will have the formX::X(const X&) if each potentially constructed subobject of a class typeM (or array thereof) has a copy constructor whose first parameter is of typeconstM& orconstvolatileM&[.](#class.copy.ctor-7.sentence-1)[89](#footnote-89 "This implies that the reference parameter of the implicitly-declared copy constructor cannot bind to a volatile lvalue; see [diff.class].") Otherwise, the implicitly-declared copy constructor will have the formX::X(X&) [8](#class.copy.ctor-8) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1636) If the definition of a class X does not explicitly declare a move constructor, a non-explicit one will be implicitly declared as defaulted if and only if - [(8.1)](#class.copy.ctor-8.1) X does not have a user-declared copy constructor, - [(8.2)](#class.copy.ctor-8.2) X does not have a user-declared copy assignment operator, - [(8.3)](#class.copy.ctor-8.3) X does not have a user-declared move assignment operator, and - [(8.4)](#class.copy.ctor-8.4) X does not have a user-declared destructor[.](#class.copy.ctor-8.sentence-1) [*Note [3](#class.copy.ctor-note-3)*: When the move constructor is not implicitly declared or explicitly supplied, expressions that otherwise would have invoked the move constructor might instead invoke a copy constructor[.](#class.copy.ctor-8.sentence-2) — *end note*] [9](#class.copy.ctor-9) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1661) The implicitly-declared move constructor for class X will have the formX::X(X&&) [10](#class.copy.ctor-10) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1667) An implicitly-declared copy/move constructor is an inline public member of its class[.](#class.copy.ctor-10.sentence-1) A defaulted copy/​move constructor for a class X is defined as deleted ([[dcl.fct.def.delete]](dcl.fct.def.delete "9.6.3 Deleted definitions")) if X has: - [(10.1)](#class.copy.ctor-10.1) a potentially constructed subobject of type M (or possibly multidimensional array thereof) for which overload resolution ([[over.match]](over.match "12.2 Overload resolution")), as applied to find M's corresponding constructor, either does not result in a usable candidate ([[over.match.general]](over.match.general "12.2.1 General")) or, in the case of a variant member, selects a non-trivial function, - [(10.2)](#class.copy.ctor-10.2) any potentially constructed subobject of class type M (or possibly multidimensional array thereof) where M has a destructor that is deleted or inaccessible from the defaulted constructor, or, - [(10.3)](#class.copy.ctor-10.3) for the copy constructor, a non-static data member of rvalue reference type[.](#class.copy.ctor-10.sentence-2) [*Note [4](#class.copy.ctor-note-4)*: A defaulted move constructor that is defined as deleted is ignored by overload resolution ([[over.match]](over.match "12.2 Overload resolution"), [[over.over]](over.over "12.3 Address of an overload set"))[.](#class.copy.ctor-10.sentence-3) Such a constructor would otherwise interfere with initialization from an rvalue which can use the copy constructor instead[.](#class.copy.ctor-10.sentence-4) — *end note*] [11](#class.copy.ctor-11) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1696) A copy/move constructor for classX is trivial if it is not user-provided and if - [(11.1)](#class.copy.ctor-11.1) classX has no virtual functions ([[class.virtual]](class.virtual "11.7.3 Virtual functions")) and no virtual base classes ([[class.mi]](class.mi "11.7.2 Multiple base classes")), and - [(11.2)](#class.copy.ctor-11.2) the constructor selected to copy/move each direct base class subobject is trivial, and - [(11.3)](#class.copy.ctor-11.3) for each non-static data member ofX that is of class type (or array thereof), the constructor selected to copy/move that member is trivial; otherwise the copy/move constructor is[*non-trivial*](#def:constructor,copy,nontrivial "11.4.5.3 Copy/move constructors [class.copy.ctor]")[.](#class.copy.ctor-11.sentence-1) [12](#class.copy.ctor-12) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1724) [*Note [5](#class.copy.ctor-note-5)*: The copy/move constructor is implicitly defined even if the implementation elided its odr-use ([[basic.def.odr]](basic.def.odr#term.odr.use "6.3 One-definition rule"), [[class.temporary]](class.temporary "6.8.7 Temporary objects"))[.](#class.copy.ctor-12.sentence-1) — *end note*] If an implicitly-defined ([[dcl.fct.def.default]](dcl.fct.def.default "9.6.2 Explicitly-defaulted functions")) constructor would be constexpr-suitable ([[dcl.constexpr]](dcl.constexpr "9.2.6 The constexpr and consteval specifiers")), the implicitly-defined constructor is constexpr[.](#class.copy.ctor-12.sentence-2) [13](#class.copy.ctor-13) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1733) Before the defaulted copy/move constructor for a class is implicitly defined, all non-user-provided copy/move constructors for its potentially constructed subobjects are implicitly defined[.](#class.copy.ctor-13.sentence-1) [*Note [6](#class.copy.ctor-note-6)*: An implicitly-declared copy/move constructor has an implied exception specification ([[except.spec]](except.spec "14.5 Exception specifications"))[.](#class.copy.ctor-13.sentence-2) — *end note*] [14](#class.copy.ctor-14) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1744) The implicitly-defined copy/move constructor for a non-union classX performs a memberwise copy/move of its bases and members[.](#class.copy.ctor-14.sentence-1) [*Note [7](#class.copy.ctor-note-7)*: Default member initializers of non-static data members are ignored[.](#class.copy.ctor-14.sentence-2) — *end note*] The order of initialization is the same as the order of initialization of bases and members in a user-defined constructor (see [[class.base.init]](class.base.init "11.9.3 Initializing bases and members"))[.](#class.copy.ctor-14.sentence-3) Let x be either the parameter of the constructor or, for the move constructor, an xvalue referring to the parameter[.](#class.copy.ctor-14.sentence-4) Each base or non-static data member is copied/moved in the manner appropriate to its type: - [(14.1)](#class.copy.ctor-14.1) if the member is an array, each element is direct-initialized with the corresponding subobject of x; - [(14.2)](#class.copy.ctor-14.2) if a member m has rvalue reference type T&&, it is direct-initialized withstatic_cast(x.m); - [(14.3)](#class.copy.ctor-14.3) otherwise, the base or member is direct-initialized with the corresponding base or member of x[.](#class.copy.ctor-14.sentence-5) Virtual base class subobjects shall be initialized only once by the implicitly-defined copy/move constructor (see [[class.base.init]](class.base.init "11.9.3 Initializing bases and members"))[.](#class.copy.ctor-14.sentence-6) [15](#class.copy.ctor-15) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/classes.tex#L1774) The implicitly-defined copy/move constructor for a unionX copies the object representation ([[basic.types.general]](basic.types.general#term.object.representation "6.9.1 General")) of X[.](#class.copy.ctor-15.sentence-1) For each object nested within ([[intro.object]](intro.object "6.8.2 Object model")) the object that is the source of the copy, a corresponding object o nested within the destination is identified (if the object is a subobject) or created (otherwise), and the lifetime of o begins before the copy is performed[.](#class.copy.ctor-15.sentence-2) [89)](#footnote-89)[89)](#footnoteref-89) This implies that the reference parameter of the implicitly-declared copy constructor cannot bind to avolatile lvalue; see [[diff.class]](diff.class "C.7.7 [class]: classes")[.](#footnote-89.sentence-1)