What are the differences between struct and class in C++?

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You forget the tricky 2nd difference between classes and structs.

Quoth the standard (ยง11.2.2 in C++98 through C++11):

In absence of an access-specifier
for a base class, public is assumed
when the derived class is declared
struct and private is assumed when the class is declared class.

And just for completeness’ sake, the more widely known difference between class and struct is defined in (11.2):

Member of a class defined with the
keyword class are private by
default. Members of a class defined
with the keywords struct or union
are public by default.

Additional difference: the keyword class can be used to declare template parameters, while the struct keyword cannot be so used.

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