explicit specifier
| explicit specifier | Explicit constructor specifier |
function-specifier := explicit
|
The explicit specifier can be used with a constructor to prevent implicit type conversions. It is permitted for any constructor but makes sense only for constructors that can be called with a single argument. An explicit constructor can be invoked from a declaration that uses function-like initialization or from an explicit type cast but not from a declaration that uses assignment-like initialization, nor from an implicit type cast.
Example
struct point {
explicit point(int x, int y = 0);
};
point p1(10); // OK
point p2 = 10; // Error: would be OK without explicit
point p3;
p3 = 20; // Error: would be OK without explicit
p3 = static_cast<point>(40); // OK
See Also
class, declaration, function, static_cast, type, Chapter 2, Chapter 6
