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Some reading notes for Stroustrup’s “The C++ Programming Language, 4th Ed.”

I recently purchased Stroustrup’s C++11 book [1], after borrowing it a number of times from the Markham public library (it’s very popular, and only offered for short term loan) . Here are some notes of some bits and pieces that were new to me for this round of reading.

nothrow new

In DB2 we used to have to compile with -fcheck-new or similar, because we had lots of code that predated new…

How to: When should I really use noexcept?

When should I really use noexcept?

The noexcept keyword can be appropriately applied to many function signatures, but I am unsure as to when I should consider using it in practice. Based on what I have read so far, the last-minute addition of noexceptseems to address some important issues that arise when move constructors throw. However, I am still unable to provide satisfactory answers some…