C++ Gems

by Lippman, Stanley B.

• ISBN13: 9780135705810
• ISBN10: 0135705819
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

The support of the C++ Report by the pioneers of the language has always made it a popular magazine. Stan Lippman, former C++ Report Editor (and best-selling author), brings you pearls of wisdom for getting the most out of C++. This carefully selected collection covers the first seven years of the C++ Report, from January 1989 through December 1995. It presents the pinnacle of writing on C++ by renowned experts in the field, and is a must-read for today's C++ programmer. It contains tips, tricks, proven strategies, easy-to-follow techniques, and usable source code. This collection includes the work of John J. Barton, Pete Becker, Bill Berg, Grady Booch, Tom Cargill, Steve Clamage, James Coplien, Steve Dewhurst, Richard Hickey, David Jordan, Michael Kim, Andy Koenig, Tasos Kontogiorgos, Josèe Lajoie, Doug Lea, Nathan Myers, Lee Nackman, Ed Rowlance, Doug Schmidt, Jerry Schwarz, Bjarne Stroustrup, Steve Teale, Michael Stiemann, Todd Veldhuizen, Mike Vilot, John Vlissides, and Jim Waldo.

Table of Contents

About the Editor	v
Foreword	vii
Robert Murray
Introduction: The C++ Report---So Far	ix
Stan Lippman
First Thoughts
Standardizing C++	3	(4)
Bjarne Stroustrup
Retrospective	7	(8)
Tom Cargill
Section One. A Focus on Programming Design
Library Design in C++
Library Design Using C++	15	(18)
Bjarne Stroustrup
The GNU C++ Library	33	(10)
Doug Lea
The Design and Architecture of Tools.h++	43	(16)
Thomas Keffer
Simplifying the Booch Components	59	(32)
Grady Booch
Mike Vilot
Design Generalization in the C++ Standard Library	91	(8)
Michael J. Vilot
Software Design/Patterns in C++
A Case Study of C++ Design Evolution	99	(22)
Douglas C. Schmidt
Distributed Abstract Interface	121	(14)
Stephen C. Dewhurst
Curiously Recurring Template Patterns	135	(10)
James O. Coplien
Pattern Hatching	145	(30)
John Vlissides
Section Two. A Focus on Programming Idioms
C++ Programming
How to Write Buggy Programs	175	(10)
Andrew Koenig
A Dynamic Vector Is Harder than It Looks	185	(10)
Tom Cargill
Writing Multithreaded Applications in C++	195	(14)
Pete Becker
Transplanting a Tree-Recursive LISP Algorithm to C++	209	(10)
Steve Teale
Special Programming Idioms
Class Derivation and Emulation of Virtual Constructors	219	(8)
David Jordan
Virtual Constructors Revisited	227	(10)
Tom Cargill
Initializing Static Variables in C++ Libraries	237	(6)
Jerry Schwarz
Objects as Return Values	243	(4)
Michael Tiemann
Applying the Copy Constructor	247	(14)
Stan Lippman
Section Three. A Focus on Applications
Experience Gase Studies
O-O Benefits of Pascal to C++ Conversion	261	(8)
Jim Waldo
A C++ Template-Based Application Architecture	269	(16)
Tasos Kontogiorgos
Michael Kim
An Object-Oriented Framework for I/O	285	(18)
Bill Berg
Ed Rowlance
Distributing Object Computing in C++
Distributed Object Computing in C++	303	(14)
Steve Vinoski
Doug Schmidt
Comparing Alternative Distributed Programming Techniques	317	(20)
Steve Vinoski
Doug Schmidt
Comparing Alternative Server Programming Techniques	337	(26)
Steve Vinoski
Doug Schmidt
Section Four. A Focus on Language
Operators New and Delete
Memory Management in C++	363	(12)
Nathan C. Myers
Memory Management, DLLs, and C++	375	(10)
Pete Becker
Implementing New and Delete	385	(12)
Stephen D. Clamage
Exception Handling
Exception Handling: Behind the Scenes	397	(16)
Josee Lajoie
Exceptions and Windowing Systems	413	(10)
Pete Becker
Exception Handling: A False Sense of Security	423	(10)
Tom Cargill
Templates
Standard C++ Templates: New and Improved, Like Your Favorite Detergent:-)	433	(18)
Josee Lajoie
A New and Useful Template Technique: ``Traits''	451	(8)
Nathan Myers
Using C++ Template Metaprograms	459	(16)
Todd Veldhuizen
Expression Templates	475	(14)
Todd Veldhuizen
What's That Template Argument About?	489	(12)
John J. Barton
Lee R. Nackman
Algebra for C++ Operators	501	(14)
John J. Barton
Lee R. Nackman
Callbacks in C++ Using Template Functors	515	(24)
Richard Hickey
Standard Template Library
Standard Template Library	539	(24)
Michael J. Vilot
Making a Vector Fit for a Standard	563	(18)
Bjarne Stroustrup
Last Thoughts
A Perspective on ISO C++	581	(14)
Bjarne Stroustrup
Index	595