... distributions
for the "divide-and-conquer" versions of the program is to use the
information gained in the first pass to determine which algorithm to use. If
the keys are reasonably uniformly ... interested
in writing a book for AP. He answered, "Sure, why not?", not having the faintest
idea of how much work he was letting himself in for.
The resulting book,...
... especially for inexperienced developers.
The problem goes something like this. In C++, you specify interfaces to your
methods, with other supporting information, in a header file, or .h file. For ... but it can lead to
significant problems for the novice. Example 2-2 shows an example of multiple
inheritance in action. A Werewolf is part Man and part Wolf. Problems arise when
b...
... radical invention or departure. The community doesn't feel right. At
times, it's too academic and too defensive.
[*]
Dave Thomas, Programming Ruby (Dallas: Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2005). ... http://blog.ianbicking.org/why-web-programming-matters-most.html.
The biggest hurdle for Python is its lack of compelling reasons to move away from
Java. Python really needs a killer app. In...
... generic programming, library design, and the C++ Standard
Library, this book is for you. Because the intended audience for the book is
intermediate to advanced C++ programmers, there is little coverage ... with or arising out of the use of the information or
programs contained herein.
The publisher offers excellent discounts on this book when ordered in quantity for
bulk pu...
... across different compilers. Static_assert provides support for static
assertions at namespace, class, and function scope. Detailed information is
available in "Library 3: Utility." ...
properties of parameterizing types or adjusting properties (for example, the cv-
qualification
[2]
) of those types. Type_traits offers compile-time information about
Function Objects...
...
release those resources for you, even in the face of exceptions.
Avoiding common errors. Forgetting to call delete is the oldest mistake in the book
(at least in this book) . A smart pointer ... member functions on the pointee works like for raw pointers, because of
the overloaded operator->. Third, dereferencing scoped_ptr also works
exactly like for raw pointers, thanks to...
... to make the changes also for Colour and COLOUR, and for the
plural form colours, the verb colourize, and so forth. Yet another use case for
regular expressions is in formatting of text.
Many ... Library.
This is unfortunate, as there are numerous uses for regular expressions, and users
are sometimes deterred from using C++ for writing applications that need support
for regula...
... reg("(new)|(delete)");
There are two reasons for us to enclose the subexpressions in parentheses: one is
that we must do so in order to form the two groups for our alternatives. The other
reason ... tedious and error prone, and
furthermore, these formats are typically exposed to changing requirements; before
you know it, some variation of the format needs to be supported, a...
... earlier, defining predicates for every type we are ever interested
in is tedious and utterly unnecessary, when we can use the language to our
advantage in a straightforward manner.
if (contains<double>(vec[2])) ... situations in which we are willing to do without it.
This is for good reasons: Type safety keeps us from making mistakes and improves
the performance of our code. S...
... the behavior for
some types, but still allowing a generic implementation to be available for the rest
of the types. In other words, you create overloaded function call operators for some
types ... rely on the member function template for the rest. This is, in a sense,
related to template specialization, where behavior is specialized based on type
information.
Binary Visitors
Th...