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A little while ago, someone made a post like this ostream printer; printer << "Some text" << endl; and wondered why it didn't print. So I thought I'd w...

[8 replies] Last: Ah yes, good call on that one. (by moorecm)

by kempofighter

Passing arrays to and from functions safely and securely

I wrote this article for the purpose of addressing common problems that are experienced by the programmers posting questions to the forums. I'll provide numerou...

[13 replies] Last: I wanted to follow up with an example that demonstrates why the std::... (by kempofighter)

by Blitz Coder

My way to make a game map in the console.

simple enough... This post most likely contains either an error or something somebody disagrees with. This is just my way to do this,If you have other (or be...

[5 replies] Last: I would create this helper: struct Coord { typedef short va... (by jsmith)

by tajendra

Top 10 tips for code porting c/c++

Code portability basically refers to making source code able to compile on different platform without making any changes in source code. While coding its very...

[13 replies] Last: Surely there's more to porting than that. No mention of how to deal w... (by kbw)

by tajendra

Inline function Advantages, Disadvantages, Performance and User Guidelines ? (1,2)

Inline function is the optimization technique used by the compilers. One can simply prepend inline keyword to function prototype to make a function inline. Inli...

[29 replies] Last: But still if we talk about portable code we cant always rely on compi... (by imi)

by closed account S6k9GNh0

So you want to program games? (1,2)

NOTE: This article does not start you on game programming! The Beginning: A lot of people who want to be video game developers seem to misunderstand what ...

[33 replies] Last: Apparently there are lots of jokes on noobs wanting to code a game ht... (by Bazzy)

by closed account S6k9GNh0

Linked Lists

Article based on Linked Lists by computerquip revision 2: Linked lists are a basic concept in almost all programming languages, including interpreted and hig...

[6 replies] Last: Error: in C, a Node* isn't valid. That should be struct Node* .... (by chrisname)

by Blitz Coder

User made database for learning c++?

This is not going to be an article to start but I was not sure were else to put it. I was thinking maybe it would be a helpful resource to others if there wa...

[4 replies] Last: I was just mentioning it because to me, it seems clear that Player::He... (by chrisname)

by jsmith

When to pass parameters by value, reference, and pointer

Occasionally we get posts asking the differences between references and pointers, and in the context of function calls, when to pass parameters by reference, ...

[9 replies] Last: The difference between passing by const reference and by value is one ... (by jsmith)

by jsmith

The clone pattern

In order to copy an object, you have to know at compile time the object's type, because the type is the "name" of the copy constructor: void copy_me( con...

[1 reply] : In order to copy an object, you have to know at compile time the obj... (by hamsterman)

by mcleano

Member Initialization List over Assignment

To start with, this article is not actually my own words. It is a small section of the fantastic book "Efective C++: 55 Specific Ways tom Improve Your Programs...

[7 replies] Last: There is a difference in C++ between initialization and assignment ... (by jsmith)

by unoriginal

An alternate to using getch()

OK, I have seen enough people suggesting the use of non-standard getch() or _getch(). Please, refrain from using the conio.h library as it is unreliable and ...

[9 replies] Last: Like I said, it's only unreadable to me because WinAPI is unreadable t... (by chrisname)

by gcampton

Guide to Common Standards (1,2,3)

Currently under-construction. INTRODUCTION What is a set of standards and why am I reading this? The purpose of C++ standards is to define a C++ cod...

[45 replies] Last: I am yet to work in such in environment so I failed to see it being s... (by kempofighter)

by blackcoder41

random tips and tricks that might be useful

1. have you seen unindented codes from the forum? well if you're using code::blocks, there is a plugin called AStyle aka Source Code Formatter.. just goto plu...

[9 replies] Last: well if you're using code::blocks, there is a plugin called AStyle ak... (by chrisname)

by gcampton

Enabling GodMode on Windows 7

"GodMode" if you can call it that, is an advanced Control panel available to the new Windows 7. Only it is also available on Windows Vista as well and was well ...

[7 replies] Last: [quote=DrChill]how do all these easter eggs get found? People who ... (by gcampton)

by jsmith

C++ type erasure

One of the significant advantages templates have over polymorphism is their ability to retain type. When you write a function frobnicate() that takes a base ...

[15 replies] Last: Another reason to use type erasure, as a colleague put it: when the t... (by jsmith)

by jsmith

Copy constructors, assignment operators, and exception safe assignment

What is a copy constructor? A copy constructor is a special constructor for a class/struct that is used to make a copy of an existing instance. The c...

[3 replies] Last: Sure. It just means that if you, the programmer create some type Fo... (by jsmith)

by blackcoder41

c++ and java differences (1,2)

i've just learn the basics of c++ and figured out some differences of c++ and java. i'd like to post this for others to have a clue when learning a new language...

[22 replies] Last: So do I. Not doing so is asking for memory leaks and such. (by chrisname)

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