结构和类之间有3个基本区别

第1 -内存是为堆栈内存中的结构保留的(这接近于编程语言)，无论堆栈内存中的类是仅为引用保留的，实际内存是在堆内存中保留的。

默认情况下，结构对待公共类是否对待私有类。

第三，不能在结构中重用代码，但在类中我们可以多次重用相同的代码，称为继承

引用c++ FAQ，

[7.8] What's the difference between the keywords struct and class? The members and base classes of a struct are public by default, while in class, they default to private. Note: you should make your base classes explicitly public, private, or protected, rather than relying on the defaults. Struct and class are otherwise functionally equivalent. OK, enough of that squeaky clean techno talk. Emotionally, most developers make a strong distinction between a class and a struct. A struct simply feels like an open pile of bits with very little in the way of encapsulation or functionality. A class feels like a living and responsible member of society with intelligent services, a strong encapsulation barrier, and a well defined interface. Since that's the connotation most people already have, you should probably use the struct keyword if you have a class that has very few methods and has public data (such things do exist in well designed systems!), but otherwise you should probably use the class keyword.

其他答案提到了private/public默认值(但请注意，struct是类是struct;它们不是两个不同的项目，只是同一项目的两种定义方式)。

值得注意的是(特别是因为请求者提到“非托管”c++，所以很可能正在使用msvc++)，在某些情况下，如果一个类用class声明，然后用struct定义(或者可能相反)，visualc++会抱怨，尽管标准说这是完全合法的。

另一个主要区别是模板。据我所知，你可以在定义模板时使用类，但不能定义结构。

template<class T> // OK
template<struct T> // ERROR, struct not allowed here

Iso iec14882 -2003 9类 §3 结构是用定义的类 类键结构体;它的成员 基类(第10条)是 默认为公开(第11条)。

还有一个不成文的规则告诉我们: 如果类的数据成员与自身没有关联，则使用struct。 如果数据成员的值依赖于另一个数据成员的值，则使用class。

f.e

class Time
{
    int minutes;
    int seconds;
}

struct Sizes
{
    int length;
    int width;
};