Martin Vorbrodt wrote:[color=blue]
> "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net> wrote in message[color=green]
> > Andrei Alexandrescu, "Modern C++ Design", get a copy. When you have
> > gone through it, ask more questions.[/color]
>
> started reading it today (for the second time i must add, last time got to
> chapter six and, well, got a little confused. but that was a while ago).
> i'll get back with more questions in few days, of that you can be cartain:)[/color]
The first four chapters of MC++D are the tools used throughout the
book, and when I read the book, I went through the first two chapters
and skimmed the next two. Then I jumped to the chapters on factories (8
and 9) and then smart pointers (7), which were the parts that I was
interested in at the time. I referred back to chapter 3 on typelists
when they became important in chapter 9 and to chapter 4 on small
object allocation when it came up in chapter 7, but not before.
I'd suggest doing something similar: read part of the "Techniques" in
the first four chapters, then jump to the application of them that is
most relevant for you. If none of the applications stand out, go to
chapter 8, which presents a very useful and simple design pattern, the
object factory. (Smart pointers are more universally relevant, but that
chapter is a bit more complex and requires chapter 4 also.) Once you
have an idea of how things work, you'll be better able to get your mind
around the more complex material presented in the other chapters.
It's also handy to have _Design Patterns_ handy, since MC++D references
it a lot.
BTW, Alexandrescu with David Held wrote a series four articles fixing a
bug in the exception safety of the smart pointer from chapter 7
starting in October 2003 in the CUJ Online Experts Forum and continuing
in the magazine in the December 2003 issue
(
http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=8890/.../alexandr.htm).
Cheers! --M
