11 Classes [class]

11.4 Class members [class.mem]

11.4.5 Constructors [class.ctor]

11.4.5.1 General [class.ctor.general]

A declarator declares a constructor if it is a function declarator ([dcl.fct]) of the form where the ptr-declarator consists solely of an id-expression, an optional attribute-specifier-seq, and optional surrounding parentheses, and the id-expression has one of the following forms:
Constructors do not have names.
In a constructor declaration, each decl-specifier in the optional decl-specifier-seq shall be friend, inline, constexpr, consteval, or an explicit-specifier.
[Example 1: struct S { S(); // declares the constructor }; S::S() { } // defines the constructor — end example]
A constructor is used to initialize objects of its class type.
[Note 1: 
Because constructors do not have names, they are never found during unqualified name lookup; however an explicit type conversion using the functional notation ([expr.type.conv]) will cause a constructor to be called to initialize an object.
The syntax looks like an explicit call of the constructor.
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[Example 2: complex zz = complex(1,2.3); cprint( complex(7.8,1.2) ); — end example]
[Note 2: 
For initialization of objects of class type see [class.init].
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An object created in this way is unnamed.
[Note 3: 
[class.temporary] describes the lifetime of temporary objects.
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[Note 4: 
Explicit constructor calls do not yield lvalues, see [basic.lval].
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[Note 5: 
Some language constructs have special semantics when used during construction; see [class.base.init] and [class.cdtor].
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A constructor can be invoked for a const, volatile or const volatile object.
const and volatile semantics ([dcl.type.cv]) are not applied on an object under construction.
They come into effect when the constructor for the most derived object ([intro.object]) ends.
The address of a constructor shall not be taken.
[Note 6: 
A return statement in the body of a constructor cannot specify a return value ([stmt.return]).
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A constructor shall not be a coroutine.
A constructor shall not have an explicit object parameter ([dcl.fct]).