How To Think Like a Computer Scientist C++ Edition The Pretext Interactive Version

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member function.

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A function that operates on an object that is passed as an implicit parameter named this .

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nonmember function.

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A function that is not a member of any structure definition. Also called a “free-standing” function.

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invoke.

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To call a function “on” an object, in order to pass the object as an implicit parameter.

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current object.

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The object on which a member function is invoked. Inside the member function, we can refer to the current object implicitly, or by using the keyword this.

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this.

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A keyword that refers to the current object. this is a pointer, which makes it difficult to use, since we do not cover pointers in this book.

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interface.

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A description of how a function is used, including the number and types of the parameters and the type of the return value.

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function declaration.

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A statement that declares the interface to a function without providing the body. Declarations of member functions appear inside structure definitions even if the definitions appear outside.

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implementation.

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The body of a function, or the details of how a function works.

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constructor.

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A special function that initializes the instance variables of a newly-created object.

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