Sample for effective C++

#include <string> #include <list> #include <iostream> #define MAX 100       // Item 2: Prefer consts, enums, and inlines to #defines class Shape{ public: Shape(){} ~Shape(){}       // Item 7: Declare destructors virtual in polymorphic base classes virtual void Draw(); // ... }; class Point: public Shape{ public: Point() {}       // Item 4: Make sure that objects are initialized before they're used. Comment: So we must initialize the members in the constructor. Point(int _x, int _y) {    x = _x;    y = _y; } ~Point(){ std::cout<< "x :=" << x << "y:=" << y << std::endl; }; virtual void Draw() {    // ... } private: int x; int y; // .... }; class Picture { public: Picture( std::string name,   // const std::string& name, comment: user defined object. ( passed by value --> passed by reference ), use "const" if it won't be changed    std::list<Shape*> pic ); private: std::string theName; std::list<Shape*> thePic; }; Picture::Picture( std::string name,   // Item 4: Make sure that objects are initialized before they're used. Comment: Use the member initialization list instead of the assignments.                  std::list<Shape*> pic)   // :theName( name ), thePic( pic ) { theName = name; thePic = pic;        // ISSUE: Comment : the list store the pointers. } int main() { Picture A( "string",pic );    // "string" to std::string( "string" ) is implicit type conversion.             // There is one way to prevent the implicit type conversion. Declare the constructors explicit. Refer exp2. Picture B = A;       // Item 5: Know what functions C++ silently writes and calls. } // exp2 //class C { //public: // explicit C(int x){};                       // not a default constructor //}; //void fun( C c ) //{ // // ... //} //fun( 1 ); // error. //fun( C(1) ); // work. // exp3 //class Empty{}; // it's essentially the same as if you'd written this: // //class Empty { //public: // Empty() { ... }                            // default constructor // Empty(const Empty& rhs) { ... }            // copy constructor // ~Empty() { ... }                           // destructor — see below // Empty& operator=(const Empty& rhs) { ... } // copy assignment operator //}; // These functions are generated only if they are invoked. Like // Empty e1;                               // default constructor and destructor // Empty e2(e1);   or   Empty e2 = e1      // copy constructor // e2 = e1;                                // copy assignment operator // Item 6: Explicitly disallow the use of compiler-generated functions you do not want // Solution: declare the corresponding member functions private and give no implementations. or class HomeForSale { public: ... private: ... HomeForSale(const HomeForSale&);            // declarations only HomeForSale& operator=(const HomeForSale&); }; //class Uncopyable { //protected:                                   // allow construction // Uncopyable() {}                            // and destruction of // ~Uncopyable() {}                           // derived objects... //private: // Uncopyable(const Uncopyable&);             // ...but prevent copying // Uncopyable& operator=(const Uncopyable&); //}; // //class HomeForSale: private Uncopyable {     // class no longer // ...                                       // declares copy ctor or //};                                          // copy assign. operator