Exceptional C++ Style 40 New Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and Solutions

Part . Class Design, Inheritance, and Polymorphism

In addition to the generic paradigm, C++ equally supports object-oriented design and programming. This section turns the spotlight on this more traditional area, with particular attention to the way C++ exposes OO features.

To get started, we'll consider a real-world example of code containing a subtle flaw, and we'll use it as a springboard to review basic object construction and teardown ordering. Then it's on to an in-depth foray into the world of writing robust code, which touches on the issue of code security: First, what parts of a class are accessible from various other code and, in particular, what ways are there for “leaking” the private parts of a class, intentionally or otherwise? What ...