From -1723617447654018506 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,7317cd62b805354f X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: jackklein@att.net (Jack Klein) Subject: Re: What's POD? Was: size of empty class? Date: 1999/06/08 Message-ID: <37615842.1212991826@netnews.worldnet.att.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 487083080 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: Valentin Bonnard References: <375609F3.1B7189E5@spots.ab.ca> <7j8r96$fqj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7j8v2k$l95$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> <375B4F0E.275FC699@spots.ab.ca> X-Original-Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 05:29:49 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBVAwUAN10nvKwEuYhIxRhxAQEBWAH+NxxwwKijtk4nbBEt5TN2Cu88jZAY0QRP bYcqA8OeiN67GCytyeUO96xnAPMAh9ukw6vIv7n+cGmdpC9E9FDREw== =yyjo Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ On 07 Jun 99 05:12:12 GMT, Maxwell Sayles wrote in comp.std.c++: > What does POD stand for? POD stands for "Plain Old Data". What it means is a struct or class which contains nothing but simple data items, no member functions. If it is a struct or changed from a class to a struct it could compile in a C program. The term is used many times in the standard but IIRC it is defined only in a footnote, and footnotes are not normative. -- Do not email me with questions about programming. Post them to the appropriate newsgroup. Followups to my posts are welcome. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]