Safe C++ by Kushnir, Vladimir -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Safe C++ Dedication Preface

Audience How This Book Is Organized Conventions Used in This Book Naming Conventions Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

I. A Bug-Hunting Strategy for C++

1. Where Do C++ Bugs Come From? 2. When to Catch a Bug

Why the Compiler Is Your Best Place to Catch Bugs How to Catch Bugs in the Compiler The Proper Way to Handle Types

3. What to Do When We Encounter an Error at Runtime

II. Bug Hunting: One Bug at a Time

4. Index Out of Bounds

Dynamic Arrays Static Arrays Multidimensional Arrays

5. Pointer Arithmetic 6. Invalid Pointers, References, and Iterators 7. Uninitialized Variables

Initialized Numbers (int, double, etc.) Uninitialized Boolean

8. Memory Leaks

Reference Counting Pointers Scoped Pointers Enforcing Ownership with Smart Pointers

9. Dereferencing NULL Pointers 10. Copy Constructors and Assignment Operators 11. Avoid Writing Code in Destructors 12. How to Write Consistent Comparison Operators 13. Errors When Using Standard C Libraries

III. The Joy of Bug Hunting: From Testing to Debugging to Production

14. General Testing Principles 15. Debug-On-Error Strategy 16. Making Your Code Debugger-Friendly 17. Conclusion A. Source Code for the scpp Library Used in This Book B. Source Code for the files scpp_assert.hpp and scpp_assert.cpp C. Source Code for the file scpp_vector.hpp D. Source Code for the file scpp_array.hpp E. Source Code for the file scpp_matrix.hpp F. Source Code for the file scpp_types.hpp G. Source Code for the file scpp_refcountptr.hpp H. Source Code for the file scpp_scopedptr.hpp I. Source Code for the file scpp_ptr.hpp J. Source Code for the file scpp_date.hpp and scpp_date.cpp

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