Memberwise

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In terms of members (items associated with class instances). not-comparable

    "If a copy constructor is not defined, a memberwise copy is performed. This means that a copy operation is applied to each data member in turn."

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"If a copy constructor is not defined, a memberwise copy is performed. This means that a copy operation is applied to each data member in turn."

Etymology

From member + -wise.

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