What is "src"

[joatmon]

I'm studying an example of operators and references. In the code, there is a public constructor that has this syntax:

Point(const Point &src) {set(src.x, src.y);}

Can anybody explain to me what "src" is doing? Is this an abbreviation for "source"?

Thanks.

[LB]

Yes, and it's just a simple parameter name. It could have been named APPLE_banana for all anyone cares, but src helps to suggest that, because this is a constructor, src will be used as the source for the new point being constructed.

[joatmon]

Got it. I didn't realize that "src" was just a variable name chosen by the programmer. I was thinking that it was something more formal.

Thanks.