Programming in C++, Rules and Recommendations

Programming in C++, Rules and Recommendations

By Mats Henricson and Erik Nyquist.

Original translation from Swedish by Joseph Supanich

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Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Terminology
• 3. General Recommendations
• 4. Source Code in Files
  • 4.1. Structure of Code
  • 4.2. Naming Files
  • 4.3. Comments
  • 4.4. Include Files
• 5. Assigning Names
• 6. Style
  • 6.1. Classes
  • 6.2. Functions
  • 6.3. Compound Statements
  • 6.4. Flow Control Statements
  • 6.5. Pointers and References
  • 6.6. Miscellaneous
• 7. Classes
  • 7.1. Considerations Regarding Access Rights
  • 7.2. Inline Functions
  • 7.3. Friends
  • 7.4. const Member Functions
  • 7.5. Constructors and Destructors
  • 7.6. Assignment Operators
  • 7.7. Operator Overloading
  • 7.8. Member Function Return Types
  • 7.9. Inheritance
• 8. Class Templates
• 9. Functions
  • 9.1. Function Arguments
  • 9.2. Function Overloading
  • 9.3. Formal Arguments
  • 9.4. Return Types and Values
  • 9.5. Inline Functions
  • 9.6. Temporary Objects
  • 9.7. General
• 10. Constants
• 11. Variables
• 12. Pointers and References
• 13. Type Conversions
• 14. Flow Control Structures
• 15. Expressions
• 16. Memory Allocation
• 17. Fault Handling
• 18. Portable Code
  • 18.1. Data Abstraction
  • 18.2. Sizes of Types
  • 18.3. Type Conversions
  • 18.4. Data Representation
  • 18.5. Underflow/Overflow
  • 18.6. Order of Execution
  • 18.7. Temporary Objects
  • 18.8. Pointer Arithmetic
• 19. References
• 20. Summary of Rules
• 21. Summary of Recommendations
• 22. Summary of Portability Recommendations