Re: Code reading/Understanding - A general question
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Hi Everybody,
I am looking for an advice on following:
I have that "pleasure" of reading C++ codes that have been written by
person(s) that have not attended the same C++ classes that I did or
have not read the same C++ books that I have read. This kind of
people has written some parts of the code that use notations that I am
not familiar with (and that probably also includes also 50 % of other C
++ programmers). While everybody who has read a code has had that
pleasure of pulling their hair out trying to read the code that has no
comments or documentation but (in this case) I am not trying to find
the solution to such a problem. What I am looking for are books/
articles/Know-all-Inc-double-latte-coffee (is a coffee that once drank
will all of sudden make you understand every possible syntax ever
written in C++) that will allow me to be able to read the not-so-often
used C++ syntax. First guess would be to read latest ANSI/ISO C++
standard but they tend to be fairly hard to understand. That being
said I did not read ANSI/ISO standard for C++ (feel free to comment on
the C++ standard). What also would be helpful in my case? For
example, books that use/and explain non-traditional syntax of C++. I
am looking for examples of those. Detailed reference books would also
be good.
So in short I am looking for a way to help me understand quicker the
"non-traditional" C++ syntax. Help will be appreciated.
There are basically only a few things that makes up C++ code, keywords,
operators, syntax, function calls and the STL. If you come across one you
don't understand then you can try googling for it or asking it here or
alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++. For more simplistic questions
alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ may be better since there no one asks you "and
just what book are you reading that doesn't explain xxxxxx" which I've
always considered a bit rude.
One such example is an initialiation list which is one of the more frequent
sytnax questions:
class Foo
{
public:
Foo( int bar ): Bar_( bar ) {}
private:
int Bar_;
};
Without a book explainging initialization lists that is not easy to
understand. Once you find out about initialization lists, it becomes second
nature. (I dont' know if you know about initialization lists or not so
won't explain it at this point).
Feel free to ask.