July 1994
Volume 12 Number 7
SOFTWARE TOOLS
Dealing with Uncertain Inputs: Exploratory Software Engineering
By Norman Wilde
We learn to speak a language by
trial and error as children. Why not do the same with input
formats that are complex and ill specified?
A Tool for Checking C Coding Conventions
By Helene Ballay and Rainer Storn
Whatever you choose for a coding
style, it's nice to be able to enforce that style with some
help from the computer.
FEATURE
Structure Mapping Techniques in C++
By Adam Greissman
Sometimes virtual member
functions, or even the newly added run-time type
identification machinery, don't tell you enough about a
derived class. Here's a technique you can use today that
does.
BOOK REVIEW
Inside Visual C++
Reviewed by Clyde Sickler
COLUMNS
Standard C: The Header <istream>
P. J. Plauger
Questions & Answers: When to Use Pointers
Kenneth Pugh
Code Capsules: C++ Exceptions
Chuck Allison
CUG New Releases: Improved Vi, AISEARCH, and WTWG Update
Victor R. Volkman
CUG Product Focus: WTWG
Victor R. Volkman