What is the purpose of std::make_pair vs the constructor of std::pair?

Question

What is the purpose of std::make_pair?

Why not just do std::pair(0, \'a\')?

Is there any difference between the tw

Answer 1

starting from c++11 just use uniform initialization for pairs. So instead of:

std::make_pair(1, 2);

or

std::pair(1, 2);

just use

{1, 2};