February 2005
Intermediate to advanced
912 pages
25h 26m
English
CONTENTS
Section 12.1 Class Definitions and Declarations 430
Section 12.2 The Implicit this Pointer 440
Section 12.6 static Class Members 467
In C++ we use classes to define our own abstract data types. By defining types that mirror concepts in the problems we are trying to solve, we can make our programs easier to write, debug, and modify.
This chapter continues the coverage of classes begun in Chapters 2 and 5. We’ll cover in more detail the importance of data abstraction, which lets us hide the internal representation of an object while still allowing public operations to be performed on the object. ...