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  • Copyright 2014
  • Dimensions: 7-3/8" x 9-1/8"
  • Pages: 192
  • Edition: 1st
  • Book
  • ISBN-10: 0-321-95831-4
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-95831-0

The C++11 standard allows programmers to express ideas more clearly, simply, and directly, and to write faster, more efficient code. Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer and original implementer of C++, thoroughly covers the details of this language and its use in his definitive reference, The C++ Programming Language, Fourth Edition.

In A Tour of C++, Stroustrup excerpts the overview chapters from that complete reference, expanding and enhancing them to give an experienced programmer–in just a few hours–a clear idea of what constitutes modern C++. In this concise, self-contained guide, Stroustrup covers most major language features and the major standard-library components–not, of course, in great depth, but to a level that gives programmers a meaningful overview of the language, some key examples, and practical help in getting started.

Stroustrup presents the C++ features in the context of the programming styles they support, such as object-oriented and generic programming. His tour is remarkably comprehensive. Coverage begins with the basics, then ranges widely through more advanced topics, including many that are new in C++11, such as move semantics, uniform initialization, lambda expressions, improved containers, random numbers, and concurrency. The tour ends with a discussion of the design and evolution of C++ and the extensions added for C++11.

This guide does not aim to teach you how to program (see Stroustrup’s Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ for that); nor will it be the only resource you’ll need for C++ mastery (see Stroustrup’s The C++ Programming Language, Fourth Edition, for that). If, however, you are a C or C++ programmer wanting greater familiarity with the current C++ language, or a programmer versed in another language wishing to gain an accurate picture of the nature and benefits of modern C++, you can’t find a shorter or simpler introduction than this tour provides.

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Preface to Bjarne Stroustrup's "A Tour of C++"

Table of Contents

Preface ix

 

Chapter 1: The Basics 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Programs 1

1.3 Hello, World! 2

1.4 Functions 3

1.5 Types, Variables, and Arithmetic 5

1.6 Scope 8

1.7 Constants 8

1.8 Pointers, Arrays, and References 9

1.9 Tests 12

1.10 Advice 14

Chapter 2: User-Defined Types 15

2.1 Introduction 15

2.2 Structures 16

2.3 Classes 17

2.4 Unions 19

2.5 Enumerations 20

2.6 Advice 21

Chapter 3: Modularity 23

3.1 Introduction 23

3.2 Separate Compilation 24

3.3 Namespaces 26

3.4 Error Handling 27

3.5 Advice 31

Chapter 4: Classes 33

4.1 Introduction 33

4.2 Concrete Types 34

4.3 Abstract Types 39

4.4 Virtual Functions 42

4.5 Class Hierarchies 42

4.6 Copy and Move 48

4.7 Advice 56

Chapter 5: Templates 59

5.1 Introduction 59

5.2 Parameterized Types 59

5.3 Function Templates 62

5.4 Concepts and Generic Programming 62

5.5 Function Objects 64

5.6 Variadic Templates 66

5.7 Aliases 67

5.8 Template Compilation Model 68

5.9 Advice 68

Chapter 6: Library Overview 71

6.1 Introduction 71

6.2 Standard-Library Components 72

6.3 Standard-Library Headers and Namespace 72

6.4 Advice 74

Chapter 7: Strings and Regular Expressions 75

7.1 Introduction 75

7.2 Strings 75

7.3 Regular Expressions 78

7.4 Advice 84

Chapter 8: I/O Streams 85

8.1 Introduction 85

8.2 Output 86

8.3 Input 87

8.4 I/O State 89

8.5 I/O of User-Defined Types 90

8.6 Formatting 91

8.7 File Streams 92

8.8 String Streams 92

8.9 Advice 93

Chapter 9: Containers 95

9.1 Introduction 95

9.2 vector 96

9.3 list 100

9.4 map 101

9.5 unordered_map 102

9.6 Container Overview 103

9.7 Advice 104

Chapter 10: Algorithms 107

10.1 Introduction 107

10.2 Use of Iterators 108

10.3 Iterator Types 111

10.4 Stream Iterators 112

10.5 Predicates 113

10.6 Algorithm Overview 114

10.7 Container Algorithms 115

10.8 Advice 115

Chapter 11: Utilities 117

11.1 Introduction 117

11.2 Resource Management 117

11.3 Specialized Containers 121

11.4 Time 125

11.5 Function Adaptors 125

11.6 Type Functions 128

11.7 Advice 131

Chapter 12: Numerics 133

12.1 Introduction 133

12.2 Mathematical Functions 134

12.3 Numerical Algorithms 135

12.4 Complex Numbers 135

12.5 Random Numbers 136

12.6 Vector Arithmetic 138

12.7 Numeric Limits 138

12.8 Advice 138

Chapter 13: Concurrency 141

13.1 Introduction 141

13.2 Tasks and threads 142

13.3 Passing Arguments 143

13.4 Returning Results 144

13.5 Sharing Data 144

13.6 Waiting for Events 146

13.7 Communicating Tasks 147

13.8 Advice 151

Chapter 14: History and Compatibility 153

14.1 History 153

14.2 C++11 Extensions 158

14.3 C/C++ Compatibility 161

14.4 Bibliography 166

14.5 Advice 168

Index 171

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