Programming Pointers
Dan Saks, a widely recognized expert in C and C++, offers tips and techniques to embedded developers.
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Implementing pure virtual functions
09 January 2013
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Implementing pure virtual functions as null pointers is simple but probably not robust enough for... Read More
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Pure virtual functions
4 comments 12 December 2012
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Pure virtual functions provide a way to avoid defining base class member functions that have no... Read More
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Initializing derived polymorphic objects
4 comments 15 November 2012
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Each class in a hierarchy of polymorphic objects should have a function that initializes its vptr... Read More
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Initializing polymorphic objects
2 comments 17 October 2012
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Virtual function calls work properly only if the vptrs and vtbls are initialized properly. C++ does ... Read More
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Impure thoughts
15 September 2012
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Once more unto the breach, Dan tries to dispel the notion that C++ is a purely object-oriented... Read More
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Virtual functions in C
15 comments 08 August 2012
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Although C doesn’t provide native support for virtual functions, you can emulate virtual functions... Read More
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Storage layout for polymorphic objects
18 comments 21 July 2012
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Adding at least one virtual function to a class alters the storage layout for all objects of that... Read More
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It's not the processor
26 comments 05 June 2012
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Although over two thirds of embedded systems developers are programming 32- and 64-bit processors, C ... Read More
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Unexpected trends
23 comments 02 May 2012
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Dan Saks crunches over 12 years of data on programming-language preferences from reader studies and... Read More
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Virtual functions in C++
4 comments 04 April 2012
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Class derivation and virtual functions let you define a common interface for related classes with... Read More
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