The only similarity is that both constructor and function overloads are distinguished by their signature -- the number and type of their arguments. Functions differ in that they also have a return type, which is also part of the signature, whereas constructors have no return type, not even void.
A constructor is a method that fires when the object is instantiated. A friend function is a function that has special access to the object. They are two different types of things, and cannot be further differenced.
An implicit constructor call will always call the default constructor, whereas explicit constructor calls allow to chose the best constructor and passing of arguments into the constructor.
A default constructor is one where no arguments are declared or required. Thus if all arguments have defaults then it is still a default constructor, but one that can also serve as an overloaded constructor. Consider the following which has two constructors, one with no arguments (the default) and one with two arguments (an overloaded constructor): struct A { A () : x (42), y (3.14) {} A (const int a, const double b) : x (a), y (b) {} int x; double y; // ... }; We can invoke these two constructors as follows: A a; // invokes default constructor (a.x is 42, a.y is 3.14). A b (0, 1.0); // invokes overloaded constructor (b.x is 0, b.y is 1.0). Since both constructors are essentially doing the same thing, they can be combined into a single constructor -- we simply make the 'magic numbers' the default values of the overloaded constructor: struct A { A (const int a=42, const double b=3.14): x (a), y (b) {} int x; double y; // ... }; A a; // a.x is 42, a.y is 3.14. A b (0, 1.0); // b.x is 0, b.y is 1.0. As far as the calling code is concerned, nothing has changed, but the class declaration is simplified by removing a redundant constructor.
Constructor will be automatically invoked when an object is created whereas method has to be called explicitly. Constructor needs to have the same name as that of the class whereas functions need not be the same. * There is no return type given in a constructor signature (header). The value is this object itself so there is no need to indicate a return value. * There is no return statement in the body of the constructor. * The first line of a constructor must either be a call on another constructor in the same class (using this), or a call on the superclass constructor (using super). If the first line is neither of these, the compiler automatically inserts a call to the parameterless super class constructor.
A default constructor is one that has no parameters (C++ also calls constructors with all default parameters a default constructor), while a parameterized constructor is one that has at least one parameter without a default value. Default constructors can be provided by the compiler if no other constructors are defined for that class or any class the class inherits from, while parameterized constructors must always be defined by the developer.
A constructor is a method that fires when the object is instantiated. A friend function is a function that has special access to the object. They are two different types of things, and cannot be further differenced.
Both are polynomials. They are continuous and are differentiable.
An implicit constructor call will always call the default constructor, whereas explicit constructor calls allow to chose the best constructor and passing of arguments into the constructor.
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A default constructor is one where no arguments are declared or required. Thus if all arguments have defaults then it is still a default constructor, but one that can also serve as an overloaded constructor. Consider the following which has two constructors, one with no arguments (the default) and one with two arguments (an overloaded constructor): struct A { A () : x (42), y (3.14) {} A (const int a, const double b) : x (a), y (b) {} int x; double y; // ... }; We can invoke these two constructors as follows: A a; // invokes default constructor (a.x is 42, a.y is 3.14). A b (0, 1.0); // invokes overloaded constructor (b.x is 0, b.y is 1.0). Since both constructors are essentially doing the same thing, they can be combined into a single constructor -- we simply make the 'magic numbers' the default values of the overloaded constructor: struct A { A (const int a=42, const double b=3.14): x (a), y (b) {} int x; double y; // ... }; A a; // a.x is 42, a.y is 3.14. A b (0, 1.0); // b.x is 0, b.y is 1.0. As far as the calling code is concerned, nothing has changed, but the class declaration is simplified by removing a redundant constructor.
There are no similarities between cell membranes and the respiratory system. Cell membranes have a protective and exchanging function while respiratory system produces energy.
Constructor will be automatically invoked when an object is created whereas method has to be called explicitly. Constructor needs to have the same name as that of the class whereas functions need not be the same. * There is no return type given in a constructor signature (header). The value is this object itself so there is no need to indicate a return value. * There is no return statement in the body of the constructor. * The first line of a constructor must either be a call on another constructor in the same class (using this), or a call on the superclass constructor (using super). If the first line is neither of these, the compiler automatically inserts a call to the parameterless super class constructor.
Overloading and overriding do similar things but they are distinct. When you override a function, you are providing a new implementation of a function that was inherited from a base class. The signature of an override must be covariant with the base class signature. Overloading means to create several functions with the same name within the same namespace but with different signatures.
More or less as you would any other function, except there is no return type (not even void) and an initialisation list can be placed between the declaration and the definition that follows it. The initialisation list allows your constructor to call base class constructors besides the default constructor as well as initialise member variables according to the parameters passed to your constructor. The constructor's name must be the name of the class. Note that if you don't declare any constructors, the compiler generates both a default and copy constructor. If any constructor is declared you lose the default constructor unless you declare one yourself. The copy constructor is always present but must be overridden if your class contains pointers to memory allocated to the class itself. If you don't, the compiler generated copy constructor will perform a member-wise copy of the member variables, resulting in a shallow copy of the pointers themselves, rather than a deep copy of the memory they point to. The copy constructor must accept a constant reference to the same class of object.
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Functions and Constructors are similar in many ways. They can have arguments, they can have any amount of code, they can access the class's variables etc. the only difference is that a method in java needs to mandatorily have a return type but a Constructor in java cannot have a return type. It always creates and returns an object of the class for which it is the constructor. You cannot return a value from a constructor explicitly and if you try to do that, the compiler will give an error. The system knows that the purpose of the constructor is to create an object of the class and it will do the same irrespective of whether you declare a return type or not.
Both are functions, i.e., places where you can write code. A constructor is simply a special method that is invoked automatically when an object is created.