# Extra Clang Tools 4 documentation

## clang-tidy - cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions

# cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions

The check finds classes where some but not all of the special member functions are defined.

By default the compiler defines a copy constructor, copy assignment operator, move constructor, move assignment operator and destructor. The default can be suppressed by explicit user-definitions. The relationship between which functions will be suppressed by definitions of other functions is complicated and it is advised that all five are defaulted or explicitly defined.

Note that defining a function with `= delete` is considered to be a definition.

This rule is part of the “Constructors, assignments, and destructors” profile of the C++ Core Guidelines, corresponding to rule C.21. See

https://github.com/isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines/blob/master/CppCoreGuidelines.md#c21-if-you-define-or-delete-any-default-operation-define-or-delete-them-all.