More Effective C++

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Introduction

The C++ in More Effective C++

Conventions and Terminology

Reporting Bugs, Making Suggestions, Getting Book Updates

Basics

Item 1: Distinguish between pointers and references

Item 2: Prefer C++-style casts

Item 3: Never treat arrays polymorphically

Item 4: Avoid gratuitous default constructors

Operators

Item 5: Be wary of user-defined conversion functions

Item 6: Distinguish between prefix and postfix forms of increment and decrement operators

Item 7: Never overload &&, ||, or

Item 8: Understand the different meanings of new and delete

Exceptions

Item 9: Use destructors to prevent resource leaks

Item 10: Prevent resource leaks in constructors

Item 11: Prevent exceptions from leaving destructors

Item 12: Understand how throwing an exception differs from passing a parameter or calling a virtual function

Item 13: Catch exceptions by reference

Item 14: Use exception specifications judiciously

Item 15: Understand the costs of exception handling

Efficiency

Item 16: Remember the 80-20 rule

Item 17: Consider using lazy evaluation

Item 18: Amortize the cost of expected computations

Item 19: Understand the origin of temporary objects

Item 20: Facilitate the return value optimization

Item 21: Overload to avoid implicit type conversions

Item 22: Consider using op= instead of stand-alone op

Item 23: Consider alternative libraries

Item 24: Understand the costs of virtual functions, multiple inheritance, virtual base classes, and RTTI

Techniques

Item 25: Virtualizing constructors and non-member functions

Item 26: Limiting the number of objects of a class

Item 27: Requiring or prohibiting heap-based objects

Item 28: Smart pointers

Item 29: Reference counting

Item 30: Proxy classes

Item 31: Making functions virtual with respect to more than one object

Miscellany

Item 32: Program in the future tense

Item 33: Make non-leaf classes abstract

Item 34: Understand how to combine C++ and C in the same program

Item 35: Familiarize yourself with the language standard

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Class Example Index

Function Example Index

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