Imperfect C++ : practical solutions for real-life programming /

partonefundamentals

chapter1 enforcingdesign:constraints,contracts,andassertions

1.1 eggsandham

1.2 compile-timecontracts:constraints

1.3 runtimecontracts:preconditions,postconditions,andinvariants

1.4 assertions

chapter2 objectlifetime

2.1 theobjectlifecycle

2.2 controllingyourclients

2.3 milsandboon

chapter3 resourceencapsulation

3.1 ataxonomyofresourceencapsulation

3.2 podtypes

3.3 wrapperproxies

3.4 rridtypes

3.5 raiitypes

3.6 rahcoda

chapter4 dataencapsulationandvaluetypes

4.1 ataxonomyofdataencapsulation

4.2 valuetypesandentitytypes

.4.3 ataxonomyofvaluetypes

4.4 opentypes

4.5 encapsulatedtypes

4.6 valuetypes

4.7 arithmeticvaluetypes

4.8 valuetypescoda

4.9 encapsulationcoda

chapter5 objectaccessmodels

5.1 vouchedlifetimes

5.2 copiedforcaller

5.3 giventocaller

5.4 sharedobjects

chapter6 scopingclasses

6.1 value

6.2 state

6.3 apisandservices

6.4 languagefeatures

parttwosurvivingtherealworld

chapter7abi

7.1 sharingcode

7.2 cabirequirements

7.3 c++abirequirements

7.4 icancclearlynow

chapter8 objectsacrossborders

8.1 mostlyportablevtables?

8.2 portablevtables

8.3 abi/oabcoda

chapter9 dynamiclibraries

9.1 callingfunctionsexplicitly

9.2 indentity:linkunitsandlinkspace

9.3 lifetime

9.4 versioning

9.5 resourceownership

9.6 dynamiclibraries:coda

chapter10 threading

10.1 synchronizingintegeraccess

10.2 synchronizingblockaccess:criticalregions

10.3 atomicintegerperformance

10.4 multithreadingextensions

10.5 threadspecificstorage

chapter11 statics

11.1 nonlocalstaticobjects:globals

11.2 singletons

11.3 function-localstaticobjects

11.4 staticmembers

11.5 staticscoda

chapter12 optimization

12.1 inlinefunctions

12.2 returnvalueoptimization

12.3 emptybaseoptimization

12.4 emptyderivedoptimization

12.5 preventingoptimization

partthreelanguageconcerns

chapter13 fundamentaltypes

13.1 mayihaveabyte?

13.2 fixed-sizedintegertypes

13.3 largeintegertypes

13.4 dangeroustypes

chapter14 arraysandpointers

14.1 don'trepeatyourself

14.2 arraysdecayintopointers

14.3 dimensionof0

14.4 cannotpassarraystofunctions

14.5 arraysarealwayspassedbyaddress

14.6 arraysofinheritedtypes

14.7 cannothavemultidimensionalarrays

chapter15 values

15.1 null---thekeywordthatwasn't

15.2 downtozero

15.3 bendingthetruth

15.4 literals

15.5 constants

chapter16keywords

16.1 interface

16.2 temporary

16.3 owner

16.4 explicit(_cast)

16.5 unique

16.6 final

16.7 unsupportedkeywords

chapter17 syntax

17.1 classlayout

17.2 conditionalexpressions

17.3 for

17.4 variablenotation

chapter18 typedefs

18.1 pointertypedefs

18.2 what'sinadefinition?

18.3 aliases

18.4 treetypedefs

18.5 thegood,thebad,andtheugly

partfourcognizantconversions

chapter19 casts

19.1 implicitconversion

19.2 castinginc++

19.3 thecaseforccasts

19.4 castsonsteroids

19.5 explicit_cast

19.6 literal_cast

19.7 union_cast

19.8 comstl::interface_cast

19.9 boost::polymorphic_cast

19.10 casts:coda

chapter20 shims

20.1 embracingchangeandenhancingflexibility

20.2 attributeshims

20.3 logicalshims

20.4 controlshims

20.5 conversionshims

20.6 compositeshimconcepts

20.7 namespacesandkoeniglookup

20.8 whynottraits?

20.9 structuralconformance

20.10 breakingupthemonolith

20.11 shims:coda

chapter21 veneers

21.1 lightweightrah

21.2 bindingdataandoperations

21.3 rubbinguptoconcepts

21.4 veneers:coda

chapter22 bolt-ins

22.1 addingfunctionality

22.2 skinselection

22.3 nonvirtualoverriding

22.4 leveragingscope

22.5 simulatedcompile-timepolymorphism:reversebolt-ins

22.6 parameterizedpolymorphicpackaging

22.7 bolt-ins:coda

chapter23 templateconstructors

23.1 hiddencosts

23.2 danglingreferences

23.3 templateconstructorspecialization

23.4 argumentproxies

23.5 argumenttargeting

23.6 templateconstructors:coda

partfiveoperators

chapter24 operatorbool0

24.1 operatorintocoast

24.2 operatorvoid*0const

24.3 operatorbool0const

24.4 operator!()---not!

24.5 operatorbooleanconst*0const

24.6 operatorintboolean::*()const

24.7 operatingintherealworld

24.8 operator!

chapter25 fast,non-intrusivestringconcatenation

25.1 fast_string_concatenator[]

25.2 performance

25.3 workingwithotherstringclasses

25.4 concatenationseeding

25.5 pathologicalbracing

25.6 standardization

chapter26 what'syouraddress?

26.1 can'tgettherealaddress

26.2 whatactionsarecarriedoutduringconversion?

26.3 whatdowereturn?

26.4 what'syouraddress:coda

chapter27subscriptoperators

27.1 pointerconversionversussubscriptoperators

27.2 handlingerrors

27.3 returnvalue

chapter28 incrementoperators

28.1 missingpostfixoperators

28.2 efficiency

chapter29arithmetictypes

29.1 classdefinition

29.2 defaultconstruction

29.3 initialization(valueconstruction)

29.4 copyconstruction

29.5 assignment

29.6 arithmeticoperators

29.7 comparisonoperators

29.8 accessingthevalue

29.9 sinteger64

29.10 truncations,promotions,andtests

29.11 arithmetictypes:coda

chapter30short-circuit!

partsixextendingc++

chapter31returnvaluelifetime

31.1 ataxonomyofreturnvaluelifetimegotchas

31.2 whyreturn-by-reference?

31.3 solution1--integer_to_string[]

31.4 solution2--tss

31.5 solution3---extendingrvl

31.6 solution4-staticarraysizedetermination

31.7 solution5--conversionshims

31.8 performance

31.9 rvl:thebigwinforgarbagecollection

31.10 potentialapplications

31.11 returnvaluelifetime:coda

chapter32memory

32.1 ataxonomyofmemory

32.2 thebestofbothworlds

32.3 allocators

32.4 memory:coda

chapter33multidimensionalarrays

33.1 facilitatingsubscriptsyntax

33.2 sizedatruntime

33.3 sizedatcompiletime

33.4 blockaccess

33.5 performance

33.6 multidimensionalarrays:coda

chapter34 functorsandranges

34.1 syntacticclutter

34.2 for_all0?

34.3 localfunctors

34.4 ranges

34.5 functorsandranges:coda

chapter35properties

35.1 compilerextensions

35.2 implementationoptions

35.3 fieldproperties

35.4 methodproperties

35.5staticproperties

35.6 virtualproperties

35.7 propertyuses

35.8 properties:coda

appendixacompilersandlibraries

a.1 compilers

a.2 libraries

a.3 otherresources

appendixb"watchthathubris!"

b.1 operatoroverload

b.2 dryruedyesterday

b.3 paranoidprogramming

b.4 toinsanity,andbeyond!

appendixcarturius

appendixdthecd

epilogue

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