On the Darker Side of C++

  • Authors:
  • Markku Sakkinen

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ECOOP '88 Proceedings of the European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming
  • Year:
  • 1988

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Abstract

We discuss several negative features and properties of the C++ language, some common with C, others pertaining to C++ classes. Remedies are proposed for most of the latter ones, most of the former ones being feared to be already incurable. The worst class-related defects claimed in present C++ have to do with free store management. Some hints are given to programmers on how to avoid pitfalls.