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。

引用c++ FAQ，

[7.8] What's the difference between the keywords struct and class? The members and base classes of a struct are public by default, while in class, they default to private. Note: you should make your base classes explicitly public, private, or protected, rather than relying on the defaults. Struct and class are otherwise functionally equivalent. OK, enough of that squeaky clean techno talk. Emotionally, most developers make a strong distinction between a class and a struct. A struct simply feels like an open pile of bits with very little in the way of encapsulation or functionality. A class feels like a living and responsible member of society with intelligent services, a strong encapsulation barrier, and a well defined interface. Since that's the connotation most people already have, you should probably use the struct keyword if you have a class that has very few methods and has public data (such things do exist in well designed systems!), but otherwise you should probably use the class keyword.

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。

类和结构之间的区别是关键字之间的区别，而不是数据类型之间的区别。这两个

struct foo : foo_base { int x;};
class bar : bar_base { int x; };

两者都定义了一个类类型。这里关键字的区别在于默认访问权限的不同:

Foo::x是公共的，foo_base是公共继承的 Bar::x是私有的，bar_base是私有继承的

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。

另一件需要注意的事情是，如果你更新了一个有结构的遗留应用程序来使用类，你可能会遇到以下问题:

旧代码有结构，代码被清理，这些被更改为类。 然后将一两个虚函数添加到新更新的类中。

当虚函数在类中时，编译器会在内部添加额外的指针指向类数据，以指向函数。

这将如何打破旧的遗留代码是，如果在旧代码中的某个地方使用memfill将结构清除为零，这也将破坏额外的指针数据。