2016-01-28 00:52
Recently I was looking for a convenient way, to parse a string representation of DateTime to integral value representing epoch time. And I couldn't find an existing class to make that easily… Read More
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2016-01-07 19:04
Recently I was having a tough time trying to add support for long paths to some piece of software running on Windows OS. If you did some work with file I/O on Windows you would definitely kn… Read More
2015-08-27 18:19
I was just writing an example and I thought it might be interesting for some people. So I decided to post it here. What the Observer pattern resembles, I think most of you know. The same pat… Read More
2015-08-26 08:43
Recently I was given a problem to solve during a technical interview: we have an array of sorted integers as an input and a single integer; we need to find the starting and end… Read More
2013-09-29 05:30
Hi there, this time I want to share some thought about how one can provide undo/redo support in his application. First of all, let's try to figure out what undo or redo means f… Read More
2013-03-04 20:07
Yesterday I tried to implement the quick sort algorithm in C++. I think everyone knows the algorithm, and it seems very easy-to-do stuff, but it took me about 1.5 hours to complete and polis… Read More
2013-02-13 10:43
I wanted to share a piece of knowledge on virtual functions in C++, then I thought it might be useful to make a little introduction to virtual functions, then only come back to the main topi… Read More
2013-02-09 20:39
Virtual function is the most common way to support one of the three concepts of object-oriented programming, namely, polymorphism. So what is polymorphism? Wikipedia says the fo… Read More
2012-10-10 17:22
Hi there, I have been thinking a long time about storing a type in C++. So now I want to share with you my insights. As we all know type is something that defines the amount of necessary spa… Read More
2012-09-26 20:46
One good feature of C++ compilers is automatic implicit type deduction for template functions, i.e. retrieving template argument types from the passed formal parameters.templat… Read More
2012-08-12 09:23
Hello, dear reader. After reviewing my previous post about exception handling many people advised me to write about RAII either. As the latter is not C++-specific only and it actually does n… Read More
2012-08-10 18:12
Hi all, today I am going to write about a renowned topic, namely, exception handling. Exception is a mean for indication of a deviation from the normal execution flow of the program, though… Read More
2012-07-20 06:09
Declaring a variable 'const' if one is not going to change its value is a good practice, even more, not declaring it 'const' is a bad practice and may sometimes be error prone. The question… Read More
2012-07-18 19:23
Hi dear reader! As my PhD defense day had passed, I have a lot more time than some weeks ago, so I will be posting more often. Maybe not all the posts will be much interesting, or interestin… Read More
2012-07-11 19:36
Hi again, today I am going to "speak" about very very familiar topic - argument passing. Almost every tech interview has a question like why do we pass an argument by reference, or what to d… Read More
2012-03-23 11:12
C++03 and older versions allow one to change the prototype (declaration) of a virtual function in a derived class, thus, introducing a new function instead of overriding that in the base cla… Read More
2012-03-19 12:43
Sometimes we need some specific classes, which are better not used in other contexts but this very which we are trying to implement, so we need to make this class non-inheritable, i.e. no cl… Read More
2012-02-20 16:52
When did you read “The C++ programming language” by Bjarne Stroustrup? In chapter 22 a situation is discussed where one may want to avoid extra temporaries, copying… Read More
2012-02-20 16:51
This article is devoted to another solution of the problem mentioned in the previous post with a similar title. The main purpose is to have a function which executes one code for objects of… Read More
2012-02-20 16:51
This article presents a solution for a small problem, which is not often met in practice, at least in mine. But the solution itself can be interesting and even useful from the point of view… Read More
2012-02-20 16:50
Recently I had a problem with some smart pointers and containers and needed to test something. Namely, some smart pointers to objects were kept in an STL container and there we… Read More
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