C++ For Dummies, 7th Edition

Chapter 29

Ten Ways to Avoid Adding Bugs to Your Program

In This Chapter

Enabling all warnings and error messages

Using a clear and consistent coding style

Limiting the visibility

Adding comments to your code while you write it

Single-stepping every path at least once

Avoiding overloaded operators

Heap handling

Using exceptions to handle errors

Declaring destructors to be virtual

Avoiding multiple inheritance

In this chapter, I look at several ways to minimize errors, as well as ways ...