-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Monty Taylor wrote: > If anybody is looking for a fun semi-mindless task to hack on... > > run configure with --enable-effective-style > > And then start fixing build failures. :) > > The flag enables warnings from Scott Meyers’ Effective C++ book: > > · Define a copy constructor and an assignment operator > for classes with dynamically allocated memory. > > · Prefer initialization to assignment in constructors. > > · Make destructors virtual in base classes. > > · Have "operator=" return a reference to *this. > > · Don’t try to return a reference when you must return > an object. > > And from Scott Meyers’ More Effective C++ book: > > · Distinguish between prefix and postfix forms of > increment and decrement operators. > > · Never overload "&&", "||", or ",". > > I gotta say I'd love to have this one on... and it makes me sad to see > the carnage when it's turned on. > > If you are new to C++ or are looking to find a good set of > best-practices, the Meyers book is a fairly standard and well regarded > set of them, as should be evidenced by the fact that some of them have > made it in to the GCC warning system. :) > > Monty > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Hey I never knew of that option in gcc i really should read the gcc manual rofl. But its really nice thing to have. It really is carnage, just a note to people when compiling it may be a good idea to redirect the output to a file so you can look it up.. there is alot of error output! :) - -Phil -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkm1h4kACgkQAhcOgIaQQ2GIuQCaAz+j7N2TzrMBCc1zphjt0iKD 8DkAn2hdCUApYAKXHm2dQz9ruH8f1s0d =DTo6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
