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How Not to Program in C++
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How Not to Program in C++

by Steve Oualline
April 2003
Intermediate to advanced
280 pages
5h 55m
English
No Starch Press
Content preview from How Not to Program in C++
198 Part II
Hint 49: The compiler can decide execution order for some multipart state-
ments. (Answer 26.)
Hint 50: This program generates no compiler warning. (Next Hint 318. Answer
20.)
Hint 51: Two problems are related to what is put in
struct data
. (I know that
makes four, but one falls into both categories.) (Answer 71.)
Hint 52: You know what this hint should be, don’t you? (Next Hint 207. Answer
42.)
Hint 53: We have two functions that are calling each result in an infinite recur-
sion. Because there are only three member functions, it should not be too
hard to figure out which ones are causing the problem. (Next Hint 125.
Answer 12.)
Hint 54: Operator precedence. (Answer 49.)
Hint 55: I didn’t know that you could put commas in C++ numbers. ...
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