. In classes all the members by default are private but in structure members are public by default. There is no term like constructor and destructor for structs, but for class compiler creates default if you don't provide. Sizeof empty structure is 0 Bytes wer as Sizeof empty class is 1 Byte The struct default access type is public. A struct should typically be used for grouping data. The class default access type is private, and the default mode for inheritance is private. A class should be used for grouping data and methods that operate on that data. In short, the convention is to use struct when the purpose is to group data, and use classes when we require data abstraction and, perhaps inheritance. In C++ structures and classes are passed by value, unless explicitly de-referenced. In other languages classes and structures may have distinct semantics - ie. objects (instances of classes) may be passed by reference and structures may be passed by value. Note: There are comments associated with this question. See the discussion page to add to the conversation.

根据c++编程语言中的Stroustrup:

你使用哪种风格取决于环境和品味。对于所有数据都是公共的类，我通常更喜欢使用struct。我认为这样的类“不是很合适的类型，只是数据结构”。

在功能上，除了public / private没有区别

STRUCT是一种抽象数据类型，它根据结构规范划分给定的内存块。结构体在文件序列化/反序列化中特别有用，因为结构体通常可以被逐字写入文件。(例如，获取一个指向结构的指针，使用SIZE宏计算要复制的字节数，然后将数据移进或移出结构。)

类是一种不同类型的抽象数据类型，试图确保信息隐藏。在内部，可以有各种各样的诡计，方法，临时变量，状态变量。等等，它们都被用来为任何希望使用该类的代码提供一致的API。

实际上，结构体是关于数据的，类是关于代码的。

但是，您确实需要理解这些仅仅是抽象。创建看起来很像类的结构体和看起来很像结构体的类是完全可能的。事实上，最早的c++编译器只是将c++代码转换为C的预编译器。因此，这些抽象有助于逻辑思维，而不一定是计算机本身的资产。

Beyond the fact that each is a different type of abstraction, Classes provide solutions to the C code naming puzzle. Since you can't have more than one function exposed with the same name, developers used to follow a pattern of _(). e.g. mathlibextreme_max(). By grouping APIs into classes, similar functions (here we call them "methods") can be grouped together and protected from the naming of methods in other classes. This allows the programmer to organize his code better and increase code reuse. In theory, at least.

. In classes all the members by default are private but in structure members are public by default. There is no term like constructor and destructor for structs, but for class compiler creates default if you don't provide. Sizeof empty structure is 0 Bytes wer as Sizeof empty class is 1 Byte The struct default access type is public. A struct should typically be used for grouping data. The class default access type is private, and the default mode for inheritance is private. A class should be used for grouping data and methods that operate on that data. In short, the convention is to use struct when the purpose is to group data, and use classes when we require data abstraction and, perhaps inheritance. In C++ structures and classes are passed by value, unless explicitly de-referenced. In other languages classes and structures may have distinct semantics - ie. objects (instances of classes) may be passed by reference and structures may be passed by value. Note: There are comments associated with this question. See the discussion page to add to the conversation.

虽然其他答案暗示了这一点，但并没有明确提到——结构体是与C兼容的，这取决于用法;课程不是。

这意味着如果你想要编写一个与C兼容的头文件，那么除了struct(在C世界中不能有函数;但可以有函数指针)。

综上所述，我们可以得出结论，概念Class比“Structures”更适合代表现实世界中的对象。很大程度上是因为在课堂上使用的面向对象的概念在解释现实场景时非常实用，因此更容易将它们合并到现实中。例如，对于结构体，默认继承是公共的，但如果我们将此规则应用于现实世界，那就太荒谬了。但在类中，默认继承是私有的，这更现实。

无论如何，我需要证明的是类是一个更广泛的，现实世界适用的概念，而结构是一个原始的概念，具有糟糕的内部组织(即使结构遵循面向对象的概念，他们有一个糟糕的含义)