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*http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=239 The shared_ptr Class]
*http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=239 The shared_ptr Class]


;rvalue references
;rvalue references (and ''move'' semantics)
*[http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=310 The rvalue Reference Proposal, Part I]
*[http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=cplusplus&seqNum=310 The rvalue Reference Proposal, Part I]



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References

See also C references.

References - local copy

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httrack http://www.cplusplus.com/ -W -O /var/www -%v "-www.cplusplus.com/forum/*" "-www.cplusplus.com/src/*" "-www.cplusplus.com/member/*"

Books


C++0x

auto_ptr deprecated
unique_ptr and shared_ptr
  • Using unique_ptr, Part I
    Basically, unique_ptr permits move from rvalues with copy syntax using a move constructor (which binds to rvalues), while blocking the copy from lvalues by making the copy constructor (which binds to lvalues) private:
template <class T>
class unique_ptr
{
public:
 unique_ptr(unique_ptr&& u);   // rvalues bind here
private:
 unique_ptr(const unique_ptr&); // lvalues bind here
};
rvalue references (and move semantics)

Benchmark

Between compilers

  • g++
  • EKOPath4, a recently open-sourced compiler with much better performance than gcc/g++.
  • Intel compiler
  • pathCC, PathScale compiler

Between languages

Nested Classes

See Nested classes on ibm.com.

Tips

Problem Solution
Overloading operators i++ or ++i
See [1] for more details.
class Number {
public:
    // prefix ++ - Must return (*this)
    Number& operator++ ();    
    // postfix ++ - Must never return (*this) by reference
    Number  operator++ (int);  // ... OR ....
    void  operator++ (int);   
};
Reset ostringstream
ostringstream oss;
oss << "Hello," << 123 << endl;
string s = oss.str();

oss.str("");                  // oss empty now - we can reuse it
oss << "World!" << 456 << endl;

Security Tips

Problem Solution
Use mlock() to prevent a section of memory from swapping to disk
(source: "Building Secure Software," John Viega & Gary McGraw)

Tools

GNU cflow

GNU cflow analyzes a collection of C source files and prints a graph, charting control flow within the program.

GNU cflow is able to produce both direct and inverted flowgraphs for C sources. Optionally a cross-reference listing can be generated. Two output formats are implemented: POSIX and GNU (extended).

<iostream.h> or <iostream>

  • <iostream> is the standard compliant library. <iostream.h> is deprecated since many many years.
  • <iostream> contains a set of templatized I/O classes which support both narrow and wide characters (by contrast, <iostream.h> classes are confined to char exclusively).
  • Third, the C++ standard specification of iostream's interface was changed in many subtle aspects. Consequently, the interfaces and implementation of <iostream> differ from <iostream.h>.
  • Finally, <iostream> components are declared in namespace std whereas <iostream.h> components are declared in the global scope.

Note that both libraries cannot be mixed in one program.