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Washu: You are more likely to find undefined behavior in a C++ program than to not. xFFFF0000: But that is just like saying that you are more likely to find bugs in a C++ program than not. Washu: Both…
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Similarities There's a common misconception that the C++ keywords class and struct are more different than they really are in C++. The origin of this myth arises from C++'s C heritage. In C, there was…
Some notes on keeping your code clean and readable. On naming conventions There are many naming convention decisions, some important, some not. Here's a quick run down on my takes of them: Word…
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Documentation Links MSDN std::basic_string Documentation Boost and Strings tokenizer string manip functions external link to boost::spirit C++ Strings vs C Strings Performance woes of C strings …
Dependency Injection (or DI for short) is a method of Inversion of Control — a method to help reduce class dependencies. In the case of Dependency Injection, it removes the need for the class itself…
Example class DI_Server { std::ostream* log; public: DI_Server(): log(0) {} DI_Server( std::ostream log ): log( log) {} // constructor injector void log_to( std::ostream new_log…
C++ Errors and Solutions error C2011: 'T' : 'class' type redefinition — see C++ Include Guards
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One of the great double-edged swords of programming. Advantages On the plus side, having a global that's accessible from anywhere slightly simplifies coding when you only have one of something — it…
Global variables can be accessed throughout the entire program. This is their benefit and their drawback at the same time — code depending on global variables is innately tied to that single…
Chances are, I need more information, if I'm linking you to this page. I need your error messages. This might seem obvious to most, but not to all. They have meaning, and if they don't tell you…
