C++ Questions

A conversion constructor declared with the explicit keyword. The compiler does not use an explicit constructor to implement an implied conversion of types. It’s purpose is reserved explicitly for construction

STL stands for Standard Template Library. It is a library of container templates approved by the ANSI committee for inclusion in the standard C++ specification.

C++ is created by Bjarne Stroustrup of AT&T Bell Labs as an extension of C, C++ is an object-oriented computer language used in the development of enterprise and commercial applications. Microsoft’s Visual C++ became the premier language of choice among developers and programmers.

According to one-definition rule, C++ constructs must be identically defined in every compilation unit they are used in. 

As per ODR, two definitions contained in different source files are called to be identically defined if they token-for-token identical. The tokens should have same meaning in both source files. 

Identically defined doesn’t mean character-by-character equivalence. Two definitions can have different whitespace or comments and yet be identical.

new and delete operators are mainly used to allocate and deallocate
during runtime.

Late binding refers to function calls that are not resolved until run time. Virtual functions are used to achieve late binding. When access is via a base pointer or reference, the virtual function actually called is determined by the type of object pointed to by the pointer.

Stack unwinding is a process of calling all destructors for all automatic objects constructed at run time when an exception is thrown. Destructors are called between the places where the exception was thrown and where it is caught.

Copy constructor is a constructor function with the same name as the class and used to make deep copy of objects.