May 2005
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
10h 24m
English
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Contents
Chapter 1. Accustoming Yourself to C++
Item 1: View C++ as a federation of languages
Item 2: Prefer consts, enums, and inlines to #defines
Item 3: Use const whenever possible
Item 4: Make sure that objects are initialized before they're used
Chapter 2. Constructors, Destructors, and Assignment Operators
Item 5: Know what functions C++ silently writes and calls
Item 6: Explicitly disallow the use of compiler-generated functions you do not want
Item 7: Declare destructors virtual in polymorphic base classes
Item 8: Prevent exceptions from leaving destructors
Item 9: Never call virtual functions during construction or destruction
Item 10: Have assignment operators return a reference to *this
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