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Message: [QUOTE="John Dibling, post: 1453414"] Yes, a constructor is a function. If a constructor weren't a function, then what exactly would it be? More to the point... 12:1: "The default constructor (12.1), copy constructor and copy assignment operator (12.8), and destructor (12.4) are special member functions." In addition, 12.1:1: "Constructors do not have names" and 12.1:2: "...Becasue constructors do not have names, they are never found during name lookup...," meaning they can't be called explicitly. Code such as: class A { /* ... */ } ; A(); is legal because it is allowed by 12.1:13: "A functional notation type conversion can be used to create new objects of its type. [Note: The syntax looks like an erxplicit call of the constructor]" </dib> John Dibling Witty banter omitted for your protection [/QUOTE]