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July 3, 2001

Class Template auto_ptr and Arrays

The std::auto_ptr class template handles only a pointer to a single object. This is because it uses scalar delete, never delete[], to destroy the owned object. Therefore, binding auto_ptr to

The std::pointer_to_unary_function Template

The Standard Library defines several template adaptors for function pointers. The std::pointer_to_unary_function class template encapsulates a pointer to a single argument function. std::pointer_to_unary_function overloads the () operators so that you

Initializing a Static Array Member of a Class

You can initialize static arrays member of a class. The initialization must appear at the place of definition, not inside the class body. For example: class A{private: static char vars[2];

The ## Concatenation Operator

The preprocessor ## operator concatenates macro arguments. For example: #define paste(x,y) x ## y The paste() macro takes two arguments and concatenates them into one. The whitespaces surrounding the ##

Avoid Heap Fragmentation in Palm OS

Memory is precious in Palm OS, since the total amount of memory available is very small. Dynamic memory allocation is often necessary while building applications in which memory at runtime

Nested Transactions

You can use the @@TRANCOUNT function to determine whether any open transactions exist and how deeply they are nested.A BEGIN TRANSACTION statement increments @@TRANCOUNT by one, and a ROLLBACK statement

Lock Timeout!

With the SET LOCK_TIMEOUT option, it is possible to set the maximum amount of time that SQL Server allows a transaction to wait for the release of a blocked resource: