Exactly. Many years ago people used to use C `struct` for objects but then that was formalized as `class`.

C++ "class" is the exact same user-defined type as C++ "struct" but with different defaults for privacy.

	▲	ahartmetz 17 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		But C++ "struct" has many more features than C "struct". Virtual functions aka compiler-generated invisible vtables, constructors (initialization functions) and destructors (automagically called deinitialization functions), the whole templates complex of features...