From 4408488119656944274 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,7317cd62b805354f X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: clamage@eng.sun.com (Steve Clamage) Subject: Re: What's POD? Was: size of empty class? Date: 1999/06/08 Message-ID: <7jjjbu$pgi$1@engnews1.eng.sun.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 487145004 Approved: Valentin Bonnard References: <375609F3.1B7189E5@spots.ab.ca> <7j8r96$fqj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7j8v2k$l95$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> <375B4F0E.275FC699@spots.ab.ca> <37615842.1212991826@netnews.worldnet.att.net> X-Original-Date: 8 Jun 1999 17:19:58 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBVAwUAN11RJqwEuYhIxRhxAQGxnwH+IriKBRQk320+Ah0L94j98Ej/HD6LHQnR VJEpZnGdGRvkGWsgsyWms2LkGnWDyPK08nVGCNRAsixBwyceOHaU4g== =OAgC Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ jackklein@att.net (Jack Klein) writes: >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. A POD can contain static member functions and private or protected static data members. >The term is used many times in the standard but IIRC it is defined >only in a footnote, and footnotes are not normative. The term is completely defined in normative text in clause 9 paragraph 4, with a reference to section 8.5.1. -- Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@sun.com --- [ 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 ]