Thinking in C++ 2nd ed (Beta) Version TICA16 - kik

Thinking in C++ 2nd edition
VERSION TICA16
Revision history: ToDo: Fix autobuild of make test makefile (remove backslashes); add test
arguments (what about some kind of autofill via redirection?).
Differentiate copy-assignment operator= from other forms of operator=.
HorseRace game as example of random number generator in early chapter?
Change header numbering scheme as suggested? TICA16: June 1, 1999. Rewrote chapter 5 and added exercises. Modifications
to chapter 19 before and after presentations at the SD conference. Added
"Factories" section to design patterns chapter. Rechecked book code under
May 24 build of egcs compiler. TICA15: April 22, 1999. Rewrote chapter 4 and added exercises. TICA14, March 28, 1999. Rewrote Chapter 2 and 3. I think they're both
finished. Chapter 3 is rather big since it covers C syntax fundamentals,
along with some C++ basics. Added many exercises to Chapters 2 & 3, to
complete them both. Chapter 3 was a "hump" chapter; I think the others in
section one shouldn't be as hard. Tried to conform all code in the book to
the convention of "type names start with uppercase letters, functions and
variables start with lowercase letters". TICA13, March 9, 1999. Thorough rewrite of chapter one, including the
addition of UML diagrams. I think chapter one is finished, now. Reorganized
material elsewhere in the book, but that is still in transit. My goal right
now is to move through all the chapters in section one, in order. TICA12, January 15, 1999. Lots of work done on the Design Patterns chapter.
All the exsting programs are now modified and redesigned (significantly!)
to compile under C++. Added several new examples. Much of the prose in this
chapter still needs work, and more patterns and examples are forthcoming.
Changed ExtractCode.cpp so that it generates "bugs" targets for each
makefile, containing all the files that won't compile with a particular
compiler so they can be re-checked with new compilers. Generates a master
in the book's root directory called makefile.bugs which descends into each
subdirectory and executes make with "bugs" as a target and the -i flag so
you'll see all the errors. TICA11, January 7, 1999. Completed the STL Algorithms chapter (significant
additions and changes), edited and added examples the STL containers
chapter. Added many exercises at the ends of both chapters. I consider
these both completed now. Added an example or two to the strings chapter. TICA10, December 28, 1998. Complete rewrite of the ExtractCode.cpp program
to automatically generate makefiles for each compiler that the book tests,
excluding files that the compiler can't handle (these are in a special list
in the appendices, so you can see what breaks a compiler, and you can
create your own). You now don't need to extract the files yourself
(although you still can, for special cases) but instead you just download
and unzip a file. All the files in the book (with the exception of the
files that are still in Java) now compile with at least one Standard C++
compiler. Added the trim.h, SiteMapConvert.cpp and StringCharReplace.cpp
examples to the strings chapter. Added the ProgVals example to chapter 20.
Removed all the strlwr( ) uses (it's a non-standard function). TICA9, December 15, 1998. Massive work completed on the STL Algorithms
chapter; it's quite close to being finished. The long delay was because (1)
This chapter took a lot of research and thinking, including other research
such as templates; you'll notice the "advanced templates" chapter has more
in it's outline (2) I was traveling and giving seminars, etc. I'm entering
a two-month hiatus where I'm primarily working on the book and should get a
lot accomplished. TICA8, September 26, 1998. Completed the STL containers chapter. TICA7, August 14, 1998. Strings chapter modified. Other odds and ends. TICA6, August 6, 1998. Strings chapter added, still needs some work but
it's in fairly good shape. The basic structure for the STL Algorithms
chapter is in place and "just" needs to be filled out. Reorganized the
chapters; this should be very close to the final organization (unless I
discover I've left something out). TICA5, August 2, 1998: Lots of work done on this version. Everything
compiles (except for the design patterns chapter with the Java code) under
Borland C++ 5.3. This is the only compiler that even comes close, but I
have high hopes for the next verison of egcs. The chapters and organization
of the book is starting to take on more form. A lot of work and new
material added in the "STL Containers" chapter (in preparation for my STL
talks at the Borland and SD conferences), although that is far from
finished. Also, replaced many of the situations in the first edition where
I used my home-grown containers with STL containers (typically vector).
Changed all header includes to new style (except for C programs):
instead of , instead of , etc.
Adjustment of namespace issues ("using namespace std" in cpp files, full
qualification of names in header files). Added appendix A to describe
coding style (including namespaces). Added "require.h" error testing code
and used it universally. Rearranged header include order to go from more
general to more specific (consistency and style issue described in appendix
A). Replaced 'main( ) {}' form with 'int main( ) { }' form (this relies on
the default "return 0" behavior, although some compilers, notably VC++,
give warnings). Went through and implemented the class naming policy
(following the Java/Smalltalk policy of starting with uppercase etc.) but
not the member functions/data members (starting with lowercase etc.). Added
appendix A on coding style. Tested code with my modified version of Borland
C++ 5.3 (cribbed a corrected ostream_iterator from egcs and from
elsewhere) so not all the programs will compile with your compiler (VC++ in
particular has a lot of trouble with namespaces). On the web site, I added
the broken-up versions of the files for easier downloads. TICA4, July 22, 1998: More changes and additions to the "CGI Programming"
section at the end of Chapter 23. I think that section is finished now,
with the exception of corrections. TICA3, July 14, 1998: First revision with content editing (instead of just
being a posting to test the formatting and code extraction process).
Changes in the end of Chapter 23, on the "CGI Programming" section. Minor
tweaks elsewhere. RTF format should be fixed now. TICA2, July 9, 1998: Changed all fonts to Times and Courier (which are
universal); changed distribution format to RTF (readable by most PC and Mac
Word Processors, and by at least one on Linux: StarOffice from
www.caldera.com. Please let me know if you know about other RTF word
processors under Linux). __________________________________________________________________________ The instructions on the web site
(http://www.BruceEckel.com/ThinkingInCPP2e.html) show you how to extract
code for both Win32 systems and Linux (only Red Hat Linux 5.0/5.1 has been
tested). The contents of the book, including the contents of the source-
code files generated during automatic code extraction, are not intended to
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on a single line, so if you bring it into a typical text editor that does
line wrapping, it will read decently). Please see the Web page for
information about word processors that support RTF. The only fonts used are
Times and Courier (so there should be no font difficulties); if you find
any other fonts please report the location. Thanks for your participation in this project. Bruce Eckel
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