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Category Archives: C++
Evils of typedefs and legacy code
Our legacy C++ codebase once was a C codebase. Way back then, there was no standard boolean type. So in the wisdom of the day a type was declared typedef int tBool; The major problem with tBool’s is that over … Continue reading
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#pragma pack()
I have just spent the last hour bashing my head, trying to workout why some new C++ code (to my project) was crashing. I was constructing one class, and it was building some worker classes and crashing in the std::vector … Continue reading
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Lint, the best thing for your C/C++ code
I was first introduced to PC-Lint at my old company, after complaining about code style and the state of the software after having warnings turned off for years to a co-worker. I then spent a few months evaluating the software and removing … Continue reading
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Programming Challenges:110502 Reverse and Add
I solved the 110502 Reverse and Add problem today. The hardest part was whipping up the worker functions to do text based numbers. I started by laying out the algorithm in function blocks, then proceeded to full in the gaps. I had … Continue reading
C++ Default Constructors
Well the bug I was getting bitten by at work is shown by the following code. With a break point on the return (in debug mode). Inspection shows the 8 variables have the follow values: now v1-v4 are what I’d … Continue reading
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