Industrial Strength C++: Rules and Recommendations

Taking the point of view that good rules make good programs, this book presents proven strategies for using and programming in the C++ object-oriented language in the form of easy-to-follow lists of rules and recommendations.

This book greatly expands the public domain "Ellemtel" C++ coding standard. Guidelines have been carefully selected and consisely formulated to define a C++ coding standard that should be valid and usable for almost all programmers. Text and code examples explain each individual rule and recommendation.

Adopting this book as the company C++ coding standard helps remove an obstacle when trying to be certified for ISO 9000 or CMM.

The book covers naming conventions, code organization, resource management, class interface design, object-oriented programming, conversions, error handling, portability, coding style.