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c++ Programming Glossary: intent

What's “wrong” with C++ wchar_t and wstrings? What are some alternatives to wide characters?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11107608/whats-wrong-with-c-wchar-t-and-wstrings-what-are-some-alternatives-to-wide

might wonder what it's good for if not that. The original intent and purpose of wchar_t was to make text processing simple by.. for certain characters another clear violation of the intent of wchar_t. Although it's arguable that a character being representable..

Accessing inactive union member - undefined?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11373203/accessing-inactive-union-member-undefined

of an implementation deļ¬ned set of values. 42 42 The intent is that the memory model of C is compatible with that of ISO..

#pragma once vs include guards?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1143936/pragma-once-vs-include-guards

with it as it is more simple to understand your exact intent. #pragma once is less prone to making mistakes and it is less..

Use of 'const' for function parameters

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/117293/use-of-const-for-function-parameters

really matter although it can be safer as it signals intent within the function. Its really a judgement call. I do tend..

Why does the default parameterless constructor go away when you create one with parameters

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11792207/why-does-the-default-parameterless-constructor-go-away-when-you-create-one-with

What is the difference between NULL, '\0' and 0

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1296843/what-is-the-difference-between-null-0-and-0

unadorned 0 integer constant the only difference is in the intent that it conveys to a human reader I'm using this as a null character...

C++ sorting and keeping track of indexes

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1577475/c-sorting-and-keeping-track-of-indexes

r return l.first r.first forgetting the syntax here but intent is clear enough The result of std sort on v_prime using that..

What is the difference between static_cast<> and C style casting?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1609163/what-is-the-difference-between-static-cast-and-c-style-casting

benefit is that the 4 different C style casts express the intent of the programmer more clearly. When writing C I'd pretty much..

Examples of good gotos in C or C++

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/245742/examples-of-good-gotos-in-c-or-c

I was joking. Summary label changed from original to make intent even clearer infinite_loop code goes here goto infinite_loop.. degenerate always true condition. The label documents the intent without extra comments. The reader doesn't have to scan the..

Why do we actually need Private or Protected inheritance in C++?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/374399/why-do-we-actually-need-private-or-protected-inheritance-in-c

However this way of doing has several disadvantages your intent is much less clear it can lead to abusive multiple inheritance..

Combining C++ and C - how does #ifdef __cplusplus work?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3789340/combining-c-and-c-how-does-ifdef-cplusplus-work

lot of legacy C code. We've started writing in C with the intent to eventually convert the legacy code as well. I'm a little..

Trouble with inheritance of operator= in C++

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3882186/trouble-with-inheritance-of-operator-in-c

of the objects involved. But apparently that is your intent. Alternatively in cases like this you can always work around..

mmap() vs. reading blocks

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/45972/mmap-vs-reading-blocks

be substantially faster than read . That wasn't exactly my intent even if my words could be construed that way. Ultimately my..

Calculating size of an array

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/720077/calculating-size-of-an-array

C pass the length in with the array not that useful if the intent of the function is to actually work out the array size . pass..

Convert between string, u16string & u32string

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7232710/convert-between-string-u16string-u32string

might wonder what it's good for if not that. The original intent and purpose of wchar_t was to make text processing simple by..

Can standard container templates be instantiated with incomplete types?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8329826/can-standard-container-templates-be-instantiated-with-incomplete-types

non template class. Anyway that article establishes design intent pretty well so I guess my nitpick about being under the subheading.. ambiguous but according to this article the standard's intent seems not to allow recursive data type using standard containers...

Should I use an exception specifier in C++?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/88573/should-i-use-an-exception-specifier-in-c