More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Item 1	Distinguish between pointers and references	9
Item 2	Prefer C+++-style casts	12
Item 3	Never treat arrays polymorphically	16
Item 4	Avoid gratuitous default constructors	19
Item 5	Be wary of user-defined conversion functions	24
Item 6	Distinguish between prefix and postfix forms of increment and decrement operators	31
Item 7	Never overload &&, [actual symbol not reproducible]	35
Item 8	Understand the different meanings of new and delete	38
Item 9	Use destructors to prevent resource leaks	45
Item 10	Prevent resource leaks in constructors	50
Item 11	Prevent exceptions from leaving destructors	58
Item 12	Understand how throwing an exception differs from passing a parameter or calling a virtual function	61
Item 13	Catch exceptions by reference	68
Item 14	Use exception specifications judiciously	72
Item 15	Understand the costs of exception handling	78
Item 16	Remember the 80-20 rule	82
Item 17	Consider using lazy evaluation	85
Item 18	Amortize the cost of expected computations	93
Item 19	Understand the origin of temporary objects	98
Item 20	Facilitate the return value optimization	101
Item 21	Overload to avoid implicit type conversions	105
Item 22	Consider using op= instead of stand-alone op	107
Item 23	Consider alternative libraries	110
Item 24	Understand the costs of virtual functions, multiple inheritance, virtual base classes, and RTTI	113
Item 25	Virtualizing constructors and non-member functions	123
Item 26	Limiting the number of objects of a class	130
Item 27	Requiring or prohibiting heap-based objects	145
Item 28	Smart pointers	159
Item 29	Reference counting	183
Item 30	Proxy classes	213
Item 31	Making functions virtual with respect to more than one object	228
Item 32	Program in the future tense	252
Item 33	Make non-leaf classes abstract	258
Item 34	Understand how to combine C++ and C in the same program	270
Item 35	Familiarize yourself with the language standard	277
	Recommended Reading	285
	An autoöptr Implementation	291
	General Index	295
	Index of Example Classes, Functions, and Templates	313