Modern C++ Features – auto for Functions
A few posts ago I have written about `auto` for variables. This time will be about the same keyword for a different use: `auto` as return type for functions.
August 2015
Encapsulating APIs
Have you ever seen a codebase crawling with `DWORD_PTR`, `HANDLE` and similar types? I bet it was a Windows application which never has been (and probably never will be) ported to another operating System, because it had fallen victim to a leaky or nonexistent encapsulation of WinAPI.
Modern C++ Features – Inherited and Delegating Constructors
In my last post I have written about braced-or-equal-initializers for class members, a feature that enables simpler constructors through default values for members. Today’s post is about two related features that can simplify the writing of constructors even further.
Modern C++ Features – Default Initializers for Member Variables
One of the less discussed but nevertheless useful features in C++11 is the possibility to provide initializers for class members right in the class definition.
Unit Tests are not Friends
Don’t get me wrong. Unit tests are your friends when developing a class. But they should not be that class’ `friend`. Here’s why.