| Associative Chains in C++: Phillip Bruce gets around some of the limitations of the pointer-to-member with a model of class associations that he calls "Associative Chains." |
| Built-in Type Safety?: C++ is a statically typed language but its type system is not bulletproof. This article reveals some all-too-common type glitches and how to fix them. (Thomas Guest) |
| C++: Under the Hood: Explains run-time C++ implementation details such as class layout techniques and the virtual function call mechanism. |
| Casting in C++: In-depth information on the four new casting operators available in C++. Written for those who know C++ but are using the old C-style casts. |
| Never Call Virtual Functions During Construction or Destruction: Explains why you should never call virtual functions during construction and destruction of your objects. (Scott Meyers) |
| Overloading and Overloading: Operator overloading may be syntactic sugar, but there are a lot of things that don't taste very good without sugar. |
| Passing By Reference-to-const: Explains why the rules for initializing references make passing by reference-to-const an efficient and attractive alternative to passing by value. |
| Pointers to C++ Member Functions: Discusses what member function pointers are, shows how to declare and use them, and gives some examples of problems that they solve very well. |
| Reference Initializations: Explains how the rules for initializing references differ from the rules for initializing pointers. |
| The const Qualifier: Explains the use of the const qualifier on small code snippets. (by Carlo Wood) |
| Type Traits Proposal: A proposal to add Type Traits to the C++ Standard Library. |
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