Articles

This section presents several of my articles that relate to the book's topics. Some provide different contexts for issues examined in the book. Others take issues further than the book does. And some relate to the various libraries included on this CD.

By kind permission of CMP Media LLC a number of articles from BYTE, C/C++ Users Journal, Dr Dobb's Journal, The C++ Source and Windows Developer Network are located on this CD, for immediate reading. Others are links to articles available via the Internet ¹.

For those few of you that get through these and still have appetite for more, I keep an up-to-date list of articles at http://synesis.com.au/articles.html and Imperfect C++ related ones at http://imperfectcplusplus.com/links.html.

: located locally (on the CD).
: located on the World Wide Web ¹.

Articles

Adapting Win32 Enumeration APIs to STL Iterator Concepts Describes techniques for mapping Win32 Enumeration APIs to STL Iterator concepts	Avoiding the Visual C++ Runtime Library Looks behind the scenes at the Visual C++ runtime library, and shows techniques for avoiding it
Collection Enumeration: Loops, Iterators and Nested Functions How enumeration loops are handled in different languages, including .NET, C++ and D	Efficient Integer To String Conversions A template-based mechanism for efficiency integer to string conversion; pertains to Chapter 31 of Imperfect C++
Generalised String Manipulation: Access Shims and Type-tunnelling Shims, in a big way; slightly out of date with respect to Chapter 20, but more information on string shims	Generating Out-of-memory Exceptions Making the Visual C++ runtime library throw out-of-memory exceptions
Handling Variation in Win32 Operating Environments Techniques for working with differences between the various flavours of Win32	Identity and Equality: Syntax and Semantics A look at the way in which Identity and Equality are handled in C++, Java, .NET, D, Python and VB.NET
Identity and Equality in .NET Performance differences and correctness when overriding identity/equality methods in .NET	Inserter Function Objects for Windows Controls Manipulating Windows control text the STL way
Locking Window Updates Applying RAII to window updates in Windows	Open Source Flexibility via Namespace Aliasing Namespace aliasing techniques for increasing flexibility in your library writing
Open Source Software: What, How and Why A discussion of the motivations for involvement in open source software; one I didn't mention was that it's a rich seam of material for writing books	Options for Indicating Progress of Variable-Length Operations Using RAII techniques to automatically update progress controls in Windows
Reading UNIX Directories via STL-compliant Sequences This article shows how to easily process UNIX-style directory entries as STL sequences	Rebooting From The Shell Describes the technique for writing Windows context menu shell extensions
True Typedefs Strongly-typed typedefs for C++; pertains to Chapter 18	Win32 Performance Measurement Options Classes for all your Win32 Performance measurement needs

Columns

    Flexible C++ (C/C++ Users Journal online Experts Forum)

Efficient Integer To String Conversions, part 2 The second part of the integer => string conversion exposition; see Chapter 31	Efficient Integer To String Conversions, part 3 The third part of the integer => string conversion exposition; see Chapter 31
Efficient Integer To String Conversions, part 4 The fourth part of the integer => string conversion exposition; see Chapter 31	Friendly Templates The original article describing the Friendly Templates technique; see Chapters 16 and 36
Flexible Implementations Without Using Directives Move tricks with namespace aliasing, making the life of a namespace user that bit easier	Handling Parameter Sets in Member Initialiser Lists: With A Little Help From MUMI! A new technique - MUMI - for promoting the use of Member Initialiser Lists (MILs); see Chapter 2

    Positive Integration (C/C++ Users Journal; in-print)

Introducing recls The first instalment, from November 2003, describing the recls library	Introducing recls Mappings: C++, C# and STL The second instalment, from January 2004, describing the mapping of recls to C++, C# and STL
Mapping D and Java The third instalment, from March 2004, describing mapping recls to D and Java