July 18, 1998

A class member declared static is a single instance of that member shared by all instances of this class (that’s why it is sometimes termed a class variable, as opposed

Operator new allocates memory from the heap, on which an object is constructed. Standard C++ also supports placement new operator, which constructs an object on a pre-allocated buffer. This is

Choosing a short name for a namespace can eventually lead to a name clash. On the other hand, very long namespaces are not easy to use. For that purpose, namespace

Identifiers starting with __ (double underscore) are reserved for C/C++ implementations and standard libraries. Furthermore, C++ programs are transformed by the compiler (inline substitution, addition of this as an argument

Before implementing containers such list, vector, queue, stack etc., by yourself, you can cut costs and software shipment time significantly by using The Standard Template Library, or STL. STL defines