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[QUOTE="BobR, post: 2987534"]
PODs do have Ctor, copy-Ctor, and assignment operators. Otherwise you would
not be able to use them in std containers (like std::vector). You just can't
write your own and keep it a POD ('C'). (IMHO.)

A little extra step can do that.
This uses a 'RECT' from windows. It's a POD 'C' struct with 4 longs.
Try this with your own POD struct.

struct MyRect : public virtual RECT{
    MyRect( long x1 = 0, long y1 = 0, long x2 = 10, long y2 = 10 ){
          left = x1;  // init the RECT members
          bottom = y1;
          right = x2;
          top = y2;
          }
    ~MyRect(){ this->RECT::~RECT();}
     RECT Rect(){ return *this;}
    };

{ // main or ?
   using std::cout;  // for NG post
   MyRect rect( 10, 12, 22, 42 );
   cout<<" MyRect rect.bottom="<< rect.bottom << std::endl;
   RECT rect1 = rect.Rect();
   cout<<" RECT rect1.bottom="<< rect1.bottom << std::endl;

cout<<" sizeof(rect)="<<sizeof( rect )<<std::endl;
   cout<<" sizeof(rect1)="<<sizeof( rect1 )<<std::endl;
}
/* - output -
 MyRect rect.bottom=12
 RECT rect1.bottom=12
 sizeof(rect)=20
 sizeof(rect1)=16  // sliced back to POD
// (sixeof long == 4 on my sys)
*/

Of course it would take something a little more complex to justify the extra
layer, or you would just do:
RECT rect2 = { 14, 19, 25, 55};

[ corrections, comments welcome. ]
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