We implement our ring buffer as a templated C++ class that has three private data fields:
- objects: A static array of N elements of type T
- read: An index to read elements from
- write: An index to write elements to
The RingBuffer class exposes three public methods:
- push(): To write data into the buffer
- pull(): To read data from the buffer
- has_data(): To check whether the buffer contains data
Let's take a close look at how they work.
The push() method is intended to be used by a function to store data in the buffer. Unlike the similar push() method for a dynamic queue or dynamic stack, which accepts a value to store as a parameter, our implementation does not accept any parameters. Since all elements are preallocated at compile ...
