Effective C++

Author: Scott Meyers

Bought: Jan 92 at Providence.

Notes: Subtitled 50 specific ways to improve your programs and designs. This is an excellent book, and I recommend that anyone programming in C++ at any level read it. The style is relaxed and easy to read. This book is quite old now, and there are a few things missing, but it is still very much worth reading.

Here are some examples of the topics he covers:

• Use const and inline instead of #define.
• Check the return value of new.
• Have operator= return a reference to *this.
• Pass and return objects by reference instead of by value.
• Avoid casts down the inheritance hierarchy.

Each item is examined in a fair amount of detail, and I think most people will learn something from reading it, regardless of what level they start with.

Status: read

Category: C++; Library of Congress:

Keywords: C++, programming language

See also : More Effective C++ (Meyers)

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