| This rule is Obsolete | |
| Synopsis: | The keyword struct shall only be used to declare a plain old data struct type |
| Language: | C++ |
| Severity Level: | 7 |
| Category: | Style |
| Description: |
As Bjarne Stroustrup says: use struct to define aggregates that are not quite proper types, just data structures. This allows the object layout to be compatible with C struct instances, and they can be declared in headers that are shareable with C code. |
| Literature References: |
| ISC++ Style A.14 |