8.1.4.2 Student outcomes

A list of things “a student should be able to” after the curriculum. The next word should be an action word and testable in an exam. Max 5 items.

A student should be able to:

1. explain what copy semantics accomplish

• establishing “equivalent” object state in another object

2. explain difference between copying a reference and copying a value*
3. explain where copies are made

* In other languages these differences are sometimes referred to as shallow and deep copy.