March 1997
Volume 15 No. 3
UNIX
Portable Signal Handling Under UNIX
Martin Remy
UNIX-style signals are hardly an object-oriented
concept, but that doesn't prevent you from imposing a class
discipline on how they're used.
Using Templates Across UNIX Platforms
Hong Xiao
Sure, templates are powerful, but that power is still
subject to fluctuations across different implementations.
FEATURES
Interrupt Thunking
David G. Taylor
A hardware interrupt strongly resembles a function call
in C or C++. A small chunk of magic code is all that's
needed to make the resemblance exact.
Sharing Variables Between Win32 Executables
Gregory Brill
Global variables are properly denigrated as being
unstructured, but that can be a virtue when structure
interfaces with communication.
The Problem with const Data Members
Jack Hawes
Adding const qualifiers to objects that should not be
modified is almost always a good idea. Almost.
How to Leak Memory in C++
Rodney B. Doe, P.E.
Warning: These are untrained professionals at work
here. Do not try this at home.
SHORT SEGMENTS
Easy Printing Under Windows No Graphics Allowed (Article unavailable in electronic form)
Adi Degani
COLUMNS
Standard C/C++: The Header <deque>
P. J. Plauger
If you need to deal off both the top and the bottom,
you can't beat a deque.
C++ Theory and Practice: Class-Specific new and delete
Dan Saks
If an object can construct and destroy itself, why not
have it buy and sell its own storage? Well it can, as Dan
shows, but you have to be careful.
The Learning C/C++urve: And Now For a Word From Our Sponsors
Bobby Schmidt
Wherein the readers rise up, though hardly as one, and
smite the messenger severely about the head and shoulders.
C/C++ Sources: UNIXand Database Resources on the Internet
Victor R. Volkman
Want hands-on experience with such heavy-duty items as
operating systems and database managers? The Internet
supplies all the source code you could wish for.
Questions & Answers: Wrapping the Prickly Pragma
Pete Becker
Pete answers questions on subtle issues from pragmas to
sharing inline functions to the one definition rule in C++.