C [plus plus] gotchas: avoiding common problems in coding and design

-- Provides intermediate programmers with the practical know-how needed to gain expert status.-- In the prestigious Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series!C++ Gotchas is the latest addition to the distinguished roster of Addison-Wesley's bestselling programming titles, such as Effective C++ and Exceptional C++. While appealing to the same broad audience of intermediate C++ programmers, this book has a completely different approach. The author presents 99 "gotchas" - common and preventable problems in C++ programming and design. The gotchas run the gamut from minor syntactic annoyances to basic design flaws to psychological behavior. The material has been selected based on the author's extensive experience presenting gotchas in his training classes, speaking engagements, and magazine articles. By learning the lessons in this book C++ programmers will save themselves much time and wasted effort. C++ Gotchas is destined to become an invaluable reference to many programmers. C++ Gotchas is the professional programmer's guide to avoiding and correcting ninety-nine of the most common, destructive, and interesting C++ design and programming errors. It also serves as an inside look at the more subtle C++ features and programming techniques. This book discusses basic errors present in almost all C++ code, as well as complex mistakes in syntax, preprocessing, conversions, initialization, memory and resource management, polymorphism, class design, and hierarchy design. Each error and its repercussions are explained in context, and the resolution of each problem is detailed and demonstrated. Author Stephen Dewhurst supplies readers with idioms and design patterns that can be used to generate customized solutions for common problems. Readers will also learn more about commonly misunderstood features of C++ used in advanced programming and design. A companion Web site, located at http://www.semantics.org, includes detailed code samples from the book. Readers will discover: How to escape both common and complex traps associated with C++ How to produce more reusable, maintainable code Advanced C++ programming techniques Nuances of the C++ language C++ Gotchas shows how to navigate through the greatest dangers in C++ programming, and gives programmers the practical know-how they need to gain expert status.

this Professional Programmer's Guide To Avoiding And Correcting 99 Of The Most Common, Destructive, And Interesting C++ Design And Programming Errors Also Serves As An Inside Look At The More Subtle C++ Features And Programming Techniques. It Discusses Basic Errors Present In Almost All C++ Code, As Well As Complex Mistakes In Syntax, Preprocessing, Conversions, Initialization, Polymorphism, And Hierarchy Design. Each Error And Its Repercussions Is Explained In Context, And The Resolution Of Each Problem Is Demonstrated. Dewhurst Is A Contributing Editor For C/c++ Users Journal. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

"C++ Gotchas is the professional programmer's guide to avoiding and correcting ninety-nine of the most common, destructive, and interesting C++ design and programming errors. It also serves as an inside look at the more subtle C++ features and programming techniques." "This book discusses basic errors present in almost all C++ code, as well as complex mistakes in syntax, preprocessing, conversions, initialization, memory and resource management, polymorphism, class design, and hierarchy design. Each error and its repercussions are explained in context, and the resolution of each problem is detailed and demonstrated."--Jacket. "C++ Common Knowledge covers essential but commonly misunderstood topics in C++ programming and design while filtering out needless complexity in the discussion of each topic. What remains is a clear distillation of the essentials required for production C++ programming, presented in the author's trademark incisive, engaging style."--Jacket