Question

From what I understand, when you create a C++ class, you implicitly have a default no argument constructor, a default copy constructor, and a default assignment operator.

If I want to be sure that I am alerted every time an instance of my object is created, or my object is mutated (e.g. through assignment), are these the only methods/constructors I have to worry about, given I keep all of my fields private?

Answer 1

If everything else in your class is private, yes.

Though do keep in mind that, if other people might have their hands in this code, unexpected modification might end up occurring in the private methods as well. So you might want to keep an eye on them too.