The generated code uses C++11 features, most notable the C++11 union construct. By default, move constructors and assignment operators are generated for ... It can be empty and it also can't be ...

But in those scenarios where ownership becomes irrelevant, C++11 "move semantics" is an efficient complement. Continuing the coverage of C++ classes, this month I'll look at copy and move semantics.

Augment the C++ generator to emit a C++ copy constructor and a by-value copy assignment operator. This is enabled by default when the C++ standard is C++11 or later. These additional functions are ...