CPlusPlusCrashCourse/chap2_types.md

# Chapter 2 Types

## Fundamental Types

aka **primitive types** or **built-in types**

* **Integer Types** (`int`)
  * **literal** (hardcoded value in program)
    * binary: with prefix `0b`
    * octal: `O`
    * decimal: default
    * hexadecimal `0x`
  * e.g. refer to [listing2-1.cpp](src/chap2/listing2-1.cpp)
* **Floating-Point Types**
  * **Floating-Point Literals**

## User-Defined Types

3 broad categories:

1. **Enumerations (枚举)**
2. **Class (类)**
3. **Unions (共同体)**

### Enumerations

Delaring enumeration:

* start with `enum` followed by type name + a list of values it takes.
* values are alphanumeric strings.
  * Values are integer under the hood, allow us to write safer.
  * enum 语句示例实际上并没有创建任何变量，只是定义数据类型。

```cpp
enum class Race {
    Dinan,
    Teklan,
    Ivyn
};
```

After declare, we can initiate & use it.

Initialize an enum variable: use name of type followed by `::` + desired values

```cpp
Race langobard_race = Race::Aidan;
```

#### Switch Statements

Enum often used with switch statement

e.g. refer to [listing2-15.cpp](src/chap2/listing2-15.cpp)

### Plain-Old-Data Classes

* **Classes** are user-defined types that contain data and functions.
* Simplest kind of classes are **plain-old-data classes (PODs)**
  * PODs are simple containers.
* POD construction: keyword `struct` + POD's name
* i.e. `struct` in C language

Define POD:

```cpp
struct Book {
    char name[256];
    int year;
    int pages;
    bool hardcover;
};
```

Declare, initialize, use as shown in [listing2-16.cpp](src/chap2/listing2-16.cpp)

### Unions

Unions is similar as POD, but puts all of its members in the same place. It's like an interpretation of a block of memory.

Define a union, like struct.

```cpp
union Variant {
    char string[10];
    int integer;
    double floating_point;
};
```

* union `Variant` can be interpreted as `char[10]`, an `int` or `double`. It takes memory of largest member

Declare, initialize, use as shown in [listing2-18.cpp](src/chap2/listing2-18.cpp)

* Problem of Union: When you try to interpret v as an old value, it failed, as old variable is gone.


## Fully Featured C++ Classes

POD classes only contain data members. Classes can be used to *encapsulate* data and methods.

### Methods

**Methods** = member functions, create connection among a class, its data. Methods have access to all class's members

Defining class method e.g.:

```cpp
struct ClockOfTheLongNow{
    void add_year() {
        year++;
    }
    int year;
};
```

### Access Controls

* **Access controls** restrict class-member access.
* 2 major access controls: `public` & `private`
* Anyone can access a public member, but only a class can access private members. All `struct` members are public by default

#### The `class` Keyword

Replace `struct` keyword with `class`, which declare members `private` by default (i.e. change default access controls).

To make it method public via:

```cpp
class ClockOfTheLongNow {
    int year;
public:
    void add_year() {
        // 
    }
    bool set_year(int new_year) {
        //
    }
    int get_year() {

    }
};
```

There are no difference btw `struct` & `class`, only matter of style.

#### Initializing Members

### Constructors

* Constructors are special methods with special declaration.
* Constructors declarations don't state a return type
* Constructors has same name as class

```cpp
#include <cstdio>

struct ClockOfTheLongNow { // Constructor takes no arguments
    ClockOfTheLongNow() {
        year = 2019; // Set value in initialization as default
    }
}

int main() {
    ClockOfTheLongNow clock;
    printf("Default year: %d", clock.get_year());
}
```

* We can create multiple constructor for initializiton, as shown below

```cpp
#include <cstdio>

struct ClockOfTheLongNow {
    ClockOfTheLongNow(int year_in) { // Define a constructor with argument
        if (!set_year(year_in)) {
            year = 2019;
        }
    }
};

int main() {
    ClockOfTheLongNow clock{2020}; // initialization with value
    printf("Year: %d", clock.get_year());
}
```

### Initialization

**Object initialization** or just **initialization**, is the way to bring objects to life.

Here explain the initialization in simple way.

#### Initializing a Fundamental Type to Zero

```cpp
int a = 0;  // initialization to 0
int b{};    // initialization to 0
int c = {};
int d;
```

First 3 are reliable, while last 


#### Initializing a Fundamental Type to an Arbitrary Value

#### Initializing PODs

#### Initializing PODs to Arbitrary Values

#### Initializing Arrays

#### Full Featured Classes

#### Narrowing Conversions

#### Brace Youself

### Destructor