A simple-type-specifier ([dcl.type.simple]) or typename-specifier ([temp.res]) followed by a parenthesized expression-list constructs a value of the specified type given the expression list. If the expression list is a single expression, the type conversion expression is equivalent (in definedness, and if defined in meaning) to the corresponding cast expression ([expr.cast]). If the type specified is a class type, the class type shall be complete. If the expression list specifies more than a single value, the type shall be a class with a suitably declared constructor ([dcl.init], [class.ctor]), and the expression T(x1, x2, ...) is equivalent in effect to the declaration T t(x1, x2, ...); for some invented temporary variable t, with the result being the value of t as a prvalue.
The expression T(), where T is a simple-type-specifier or typename-specifier for a non-array complete object type or the (possibly cv-qualified) void type, creates a prvalue of the specified type, whose value is that produced by value-initializing ([dcl.init]) an object of type T; no initialization is done for the void() case. [ Note: if T is a non-class type that is cv-qualified, the cv-qualifiers are discarded when determining the type of the resulting prvalue (Clause [expr]). — end note ]
Similarly, a simple-type-specifier or typename-specifier followed by a braced-init-list creates a temporary object of the specified type direct-list-initialized ([dcl.init.list]) with the specified braced-init-list, and its value is that temporary object as a prvalue.