December 1997
Volume 15 Number 12
GRAPHICS/IMAGE PROCESSING
User Report: Creating Programmable Diagrams with VisualAge for C++
Luc Pardon
IBM's VisualAge for C++ compiler contains several
pleasant surprises, including some useful tools for making
smart drawings.
Image Compression Using Laplacian Pyramid Encoding
Jeff Perry
Here's a way to compress images that has many desirable
properties for network transmissions.
FEATURES
Filename Pattern Matching
David R. Tribble
Regular expressions are a handy way to specify sets of
strings, such as filenames. The code for matching regular
expressions can be handy for many similar tasks.
Error Handling with C++ Exceptions, Part 2
Chuck Allison
Exceptions help you unwind from errors without losing
track of resources, provided you use them with a proper
discipline.
COLUMNS
Standard C/C++: The Facet codecvt
P. J. Plauger
Inside a Standard C++ program, you can now define
streams of wchar_t, or even more exotic, elements. Something
has to translate between those streams and what's really out
there in files.
The Learning C/C++urve: NULL and void *
Bobby Schmidt
Bobby works hard to make nothing out of something.
C++ Theory and Practice: Storage Classes and Language Linkage
Dan Saks
Ever wonder what extern "C" really means?
Here's your chance to find out.
Questions & Answers: The Ins & Outs of Variable Argument Lists
Pete Becker
Pete explains how to scan an argument list, and how to
push debugging output out the door.