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Defensive C++: Programming Guidelines for those who dislike Debugging

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Swan J (2012) Defensive C++: Programming Guidelines for those who dislike Debugging. Computing Science and Mathematics; Â鶹´«Ã½AV. CSM Technical Reports, CSM-194. Â鶹´«Ã½AV, Department of Computing Science and Mathematics. http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~jsw/C++%20Coding%20Guidelines%20-%20Â鶹´«Ã½AV%20TR%20CSM-194.pdf

Abstract
C++ has a reputation as a difficult and complex language in which one can achieve anything, but with an attendant risk of (what is politely termed) 'undefined behavior' when practiced by the uninitiated. We offer guidelines that are intended to eliminate common causes of systemic and hidden error (e.g. ignorance of copy-assignment semantics) and also describe a number of practices that facilitate both design robustness and 'programming in the large'.

StatusPublished
Title of seriesCSM Technical Reports
Number in seriesCSM-194
Publication date30/11/2012
PublisherÂ鶹´«Ã½AV, Department of Computing Science and Mathematics
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ISSN of series1460-9673