August 1997
Volume 15 Number 8
WINDOWS
Named Pipes Under Windows 95
Brian Danilko
If you miss named pipes after moving to Windows 95,
here's a useful replacement.
Member Functions as Callbacks in Win32
Tim Duggan
Calling member functions is easy, once you know how to
smuggle the this pointer to the right place at the right
time.
FEATURES
A Template for Reference Counting
Kenneth Ngai
Reference counting is a well known technique for
improving performance, particularly when manipulating large
or complex objects. Less well known are all the problems
that arise in debugging reference-counting code -- unless
you can get someone else to do it for you.
Portable I/O Drivers
Jan Kristoffersen
If you've ever tried to move a low-level I/O driver
between chips, or even between compilers for the same chip,
you'll really appreciate this latest addition to the revised
C Standard. And you don't have to wait for the Standard to
be approved before you can take advantage of it.
Create Internet-Aware Apps with the Internet SDK
Benjamin Kuo
Reading a web page is one way to say "Hello World"
to the Internet.
A Portable Multithreading Framework
Panos Kougiouris and Marco Framba
Few standards exist for writing multithreaded code, so
it's important to hide the parts that must change between
systems.
CUG Semi-Annual Update
Victor R. Volkman
The CUG goldmine of reusable code keeps getting richer.
COLUMNS
Standard C/C++: The Header <valarray>
P. J. Plauger
C++ has arrays and strings, much like C. STL adds
vectors, lists, deques, and trees. But template class
valarray supplies yet another way to implement a sequence of
elements.
C++ Theory and Practice: Maybe It Wasn't Such a Good Idea After All
Dan Saks
Dan has second thoughts about an early C++ design
decision.
The Learning C/C++urve: Me And My Arrow
Bobby Schmidt
Lots of people want an auto-pointer template class, but
agreeing on what it should do is not so easy.
Questions & Answers: Handling Variable-Size Objects
Pete Becker
Pete deals with a couple of sticky problems dealing
with object construction -- mosty by avoiding the original
problem.