title: What are Aggregates and PODs and how/why are they special?
body: <p>This <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/tags/c%2b%2b-faq/info">FAQ</a> is about Aggregates and PODs and covers the following material:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>What are <strong><em>Aggregates</em></strong>? </li>
  <li>What are <strong><em>POD</em></strong>s (Plain Old Data)? </li>
  <li>How are they related? </li>
  <li>How and why are they special? </li>
  <li>What changes for C++11?</li>
  </ul>