Old-school vs Modern C++

Submitted by st on Wed, 17/03/2021 - 18:22

Here we go. "The sleep of reason produces monsters"

Programming

Qt Test limitations and workarounds

Submitted by st on Thu, 28/05/2020 - 12:17

Pros and cons

Why use Qt Test for unit testing and TDD (test-driven development)?

small testing framework (about 6K lines of source code);
seamless integration with QtCreator development environment;
full support of Qt framework including classes/types and signal/slots;
simple to start and use.

However, there are some drawbacks, too.

Testing

Qt |
C++

Deleaker for C++ Builder

Submitted by st on Thu, 27/02/2020 - 16:06

Context

Previously, comparing C++Builder classic and Clang compilers I regreted than CodeGuard tool doesn't work with Clang. Fortunately, there are other tools which can help you to profile program code and detect memory leaks. The Dataleaker is the one of these tools.

Programming

C++Builder |
C++

C programming: frequent questions and test-approved answers

Submitted by st on Fri, 15/03/2019 - 14:00

Q1. Difference between ++p, p++ and *++p

Priority to keep in mind:

Programming

C++11 constructors

Submitted by st on Sat, 09/02/2019 - 16:02

According to specification, "...constructor is a special non-static member function of a class that is used to initialize objects of its class type". In addition to basic concepts, C++11 introduces move constructors, initializer list type and brace-enclosed lists of comma-separated initializers.

C++ |
C++11

Windows registry performance in multithreading

Submitted by st on Sat, 19/01/2019 - 15:44

The Windows registry (WR) is a NoSQL DBMS based on a semi-structured hierarchical data model. Unlike configuration files approach, WR:

Testing

C++11 containers: move semantic vs pointers

Submitted by st on Thu, 22/11/2018 - 13:34

Motivation

C++11 has introduced the move semantic which can also be used in containers instead of "old-school" pointers. The specific containers owning objects has been proposed earlier by third-party libraries like Boost (for example, ptr_map or ptr_vector).