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Uncaught Exceptions: International Experts of Mystery
If you overlook a shameless play for Mrs. Meyers, Bobby serves up precious pointers on, well, pointers (smart ones anyway), and on the proper use of namespaces.v
Sutter’s Mill
Herb herewith expertly demystifies a little-known practice of expert designers. Read this or weep, Gentle Reader.
Conversations: Back to Base-ics
When you are adding a new class to a project, and that class is very similar to an existing class, you will frequently have three options: publicly derive one class from the other, create a common base class from which both the new and existing classes will be derived, and implement one class in terms of the other class. What is the best way to choose among the three options?
DevTalk, March 2000
STL & Generic Programming: Writing Your Own Iterators
To our delight and edification, Thomas continues his iteration on iterators. This time we get help defining specialized iterators for our own containers
Tuple Types and Multiple Return Values
There are several ways to return multiple values from a function in C++. Here is an elegant way that will give your template-grokking brain a real workout. - C/C++
Generalizing the Concepts Behind auto_ptr
The C++ auto_ptr template can plug a memory leak - too bad that's not the only possible "leak. Here's a template that can close files, release Windows handles, and anything else you tell it how to do.
Generic:Typed Buffers (I)
You thought buffers were an uninteresting subject? Try to write a buffer that's at the same time generic and efficient. Hint: efficient buffers are easy, and generic buffers are easy, but buffers that are both generic and efficient are difficult. This article is the first of a two-part treatment of typed buffers, heavy-duty components that can replace std::vector in performance-demanding applications.
Conversations: The Bind That Ties
The standard library provides adaptors that extend the flexibility and power of the standard functions. While some of them may seem scary at first glance, they really are quite simple to use.
