Comments on: C++ Programming Tips

By: Francois Viljoen

Francois Viljoen — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:20:55 +0000

@Alex

Pleased to meet you.

I haven’t heard of the term ‘RAII’ before now, thanks for enlightening me.

However, I do use the concept of RAII regularly (especially smart pointers) and I agree, it makes for very safe, logical and easy to use code.

Definitely also a top-10 candidate!

By: Alex Allain

Alex Allain — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:49:12 +0000

A very good list, but I noticed you didn't mention RAII, which is, IMHO, a key C++ idiom. Also, RAII (in conjunction with templates) allows really great features like smart pointers--another feature that definitely makes my list. By the way, we have remarkably similar interests--I'm a big Vim fan too. Definitely glad to find your site.

By: Damian

Damian — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:36:00 +0000

Thanks Francois.

Quite a nifty beginners to intermediate engineers/programmers reference for learning C++.