How to get the default value of any type

Question

In C# I can write something like this:

    class AnyThing
    {
        static public T Default = default(T);
    }

    static void Main ()
    {
              


        

Answer 1

ForEveR's answer will not work if T doesn't have a copy constructor. In C++03, there is no way to zero-initialize a variable that is both generic and elegant. All that's left is the following trick.

T temp[1] = {};
T & obj = temp[0];

Here, temp[0] is zero-initialized and then bound to obj. No copy constructors are needed.