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C++ Made Easier

It seems that deques are often mispronounced and seldom used. Here is wisdom on when to use them, as well as when to use the other two standard sequence containers.

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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.

An STL Error Message Decryptor for Visual C++

Believe it or not, there's helpful information buried in those template error messages. It just takes a little Perl to dig it out.

Accelerated C++

Maybe you've been hearing the buzz about some "new approach to learning C++. Here's the book that's got everyone talking.

C++ Made Easier: The Rule of Three

What you leave out of a class can cause you just as much trouble as what you put in. This simple rule will save you the most common mistakes.

The Standard Librarian: Defining a Facet

Locales, originally invented for internationalization, are a general-purpose mechanism that is closely integrated with the C++ I/O library. Like all of the other components of the Standard C++ library, locales were designed to be user-extensible. This article explains what locales and locale facets are, how the locale mechanism works, and how users can define new facets to extend locale functionality.

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Sutter's Mill: To New, Perchance To Throw (Part 2 of 2)

Conventional wisdom says always check for and respond to allocation failure - but oftentimes you just can't do either.

C++ Made Easier: How Vectors Grow

The Standard C++ library delivers reasonable performance by default. If you've ever wondered how, or what is implied in the word "reasonable, read on

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