Preface.

GENERIC PROGRAMMING AND THE C++ STANDARD LIBRARY.

1. Uses and Abuses of
vector
.

2. The String Formatters of Manor Farm, Part 1:
sprintf
.

3. The String Formatters of Manor Farm, Part 2: Standard (or Blindingly Elegant) Alternatives.

4. Standard Library Member Functions.

5. Flavors of Genericity, Part 1: Covering the Basis [sic].

6. Flavors of Genericity, Part 2: Generic Enough?

7. Why Not Specialize Function Templates?

8. Befriending Templates.

9. Export Restrictions, Part 1: Fundamentals.

10. Export Restrictions, Part 2: Interactions, Usability Issues, and Guidelines.

EXCEPTION SAFETY ISSUES AND TECHNIQUES.

11. Try and Catch Me.

12. Exception Safety: Is It Worth It?

13. A Pragmatic Look at Exception Specifications.

CLASS DESIGN, INHERITANCE, AND POLYMORPHISM.

14. Order, Order!

15. Uses and Abuses of Access Rights.

16. (Mostly) Private.

17. Encapsulation.

18. Virtuality.

19. Enforcing Rules for Derived Classes.

MEMORY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

20. Containers in Memory, Part 1: Levels of Memory Management.

21. Containers in Memory, Part 2: How Big Is It Really?

22. To
new
, Perchance to
throw
, Part 1: The Many Faces of
new
.

23. To
new
, Perchance to
throw
, Part 2: Pragmatic Issues in Memory Management.

OPTIMIZATION AND EFFICIENCY.

24. Constant Optimization?

25.
inline
Redux.

26. Data Formats and Efficiency, Part 1: When Compression Is the Name of the Game.

27. Data Formats and Efficiency, Part 2: (Even Less) Bit-Twiddling.

TRAPS, PITFALLS, AND PUZZLERS.

28. Keywords That Aren't (or, Comments by Another Name).

29. Is It Initialization?

30.
double
or Nothing.

31. Amok Code.

32. Slight Typos? Graphic Language and Other Curiosities.

33. Operators, Operators Everywhere.

STYLE CASE STUDIES.

34. Index Tables.

35. Generic Callbacks.

36. Construction Unions.

37. Monoliths "Unstrung," Part 1: A Look at
std::string
.

38. Monoliths "Unstrung," Part 2: Refactoring
std::string
.

39. Monoliths "Unstrung," Part 3:
std::string
Diminishing.

40. Monoliths "Unstrung," Part 4:
std::string
Redux.

Bibliography.

Index.