You are absolutely correct. It turns out "copy initialization is the formal term used. It's kind of stupid IMHO, since it may not be initialization by copying o

You are absolutely correct. It turns out "copy initialization is the formal term used. It's kind of stupid IMHO, since it may not be initialization by copying or using a copy of anything, but: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/copy_initialization https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/copy_initializati... So I half-take-back my comment.