Category Archives: C++

C++ references

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Brian Pontarelli

Assigning reference return value to a variable When assigning a reference return value to a variable, a copy is made. Here is an example: class References { private: std::string name; public: References(const std::string& name) : name(name) { }; virtual ~References() … Continue reading →

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Inferred typing

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Brian Pontarelli

I know that .Net 4 is going to have some pretty cool features around dynamic typing and C++0x is also adding some auto typing features. I was thinking about all of this today and realized that what I really use … Continue reading →

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C++ sorting with the STL

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Brian Pontarelli

Since I’m doing a lot of C++ these days and working a lot with the STL, I want to jot down some things I’ve had to painfully recall about sorting: The std::sort function really only works with vector If you … Continue reading →

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Getting the current system time in milliseconds with C++

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Brian Pontarelli

After doing quite a bit of C++ recently, I thought I would post my method for getting the current system time in milliseconds in C++ for both Mac OS X and Windows. The Mac version might translate to other Unix … Continue reading →

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Writing a marker interface in C++

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Brian Pontarelli

Just figured this out and it caused me about 3 hours of pain, so I figured I’d post it in case I need to do it again. class Base { public: virtual ~Base() {}; }; class Derived : public Base … Continue reading →

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