How to Avoid Singletons in Modern C++

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Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code

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This chapter is from the book

This chapter is from the book 

Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code

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Summary

In summary:

• Avoid singletons: the pattern, not the single-instance abstraction.

• Prefer a namespace to a class to model this type of abstraction.

• Use static data carefully when implementing a singleton.

• Understand the motivations for the Core Guidelines.

• Review the Core Guidelines as the C++ language grows and evolves.