Re: C++ 101 dumb question

From:

Ulrich Eckhardt <eckhardt@satorlaser.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:46:47 +0200

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<725qk4-9ce.ln1@satorlaser.homedns.org>

Anthony Jones wrote:

I'm new to C++ [...]

Some resources for you:
- comp.lang.c++.moderated and alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ on the Usenet.
- http://accu.org - that website has book reviews, don't base your efforts
on anything below the 'recommended' rating, preferable even 'highly
recommended'.
- http://parashift.com hosts the C++ FAQ

Class CMyClass
{
CMyClass(char * str)

[...]

~CMyClass(void)

In C++, an empty list of arguments means the same as 'void' here, so you can
as well leave it.

[...]

CMyClass ThingInB("Hello World");

Note: the string literal '"Hello World"' is a const (read-only) array of 12
chars. The conversion to a pointer to non-const (read-write) pointer to
char is only for compatibility with C. Don't use this conversion, as
modifying the literal will lead to errors during runtime (...will cause
undefined behaviour).

Otherwise you were already given some good advise, in particular not to
reinvent string handling but use existing string classes.

Uli