On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 10:23:48AM -0600, Martin Sebor wrote:
> Unlike in C, the preferred way to initialize objects in C++
> is to use some form of initialization (as opposed to memset).
> The preferred way to copy objects is using the copy ctor or
> assignment operator (as opposed to memcpy). Using the special
> member functions is clearer, less prone to mistakes and so
> safer, and in some cases can also be more efficient. Memcpy
> and memset should be reserved for manipulating raw storage,
> not typed objects.
But optimizers should be able to turn the copy ctors/assignment operators
or default ctors into memcpy or memset where possible, making
it efficient again. And that is something that doesn't work well yet.
Jakub
