. 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.

另一个主要区别是模板。据我所知，你可以在定义模板时使用类，但不能定义结构。

template<class T> // OK
template<struct T> // ERROR, struct not allowed here

类的成员默认为private。Struct的成员默认为public。除此之外，没有其他区别。还有这个问题。

默认情况下，用关键字class定义的类的成员为private。用关键字struct(或union)定义的类的成员默认是公共的。 在基类没有访问说明符的情况下，当派生类声明为struct时假定为public，当类声明为class时假定为private。 你可以使用模板<类T>，但不能使用模板<结构T>。

还要注意，c++标准允许将类型前向声明为struct，然后在声明类型时使用class，反之亦然。同样，std::is_class<Y>::value对于Y是一个结构和类是true，但是对于枚举类是false。

这里有一个很好的解释:http://carcino.gen.nz/tech/cpp/struct_vs_class.php

所以，再强调一次:在c++中，结构体与类是相同的，除了结构体的成员默认具有公共可见性，而类的成员默认具有私有可见性。

唯一的其他区别是类和结构的默认继承，不出意外，它们分别是私有和公共的。