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• Backtracking ... [5.3]
• Bad input, ignoring (input/output) ... [15.3]
• Bad path; see Exceptions ... [17.3], [17.4]
• Bad programming practices ... [6.15]
  • Arrays ... [16.17], [17.11], [21.5], [34.1]
  • Casting Derived** → Base** ... [21.2]
  • Casting Foo** → Foo const** ... [18.17]
  • Casting pointers ... [16.25], [18.17], [21.2], [23.12], [27.11], [30.2], [30.3], [37.5]
  • char* (use a string-like class instead) ... [13.6], [17.11]
  • Converting array-of-Derived → kind-of Array-of-Base ... [21.4]
  • Derived** → Base**, Casting ... [21.2]
  • Explicitly calling destructors (sometimes okay) ... [11.10]
  • Explicitly calling destructors on local objects ... [11.5], [11.6]
  • Foo** → Foo const**, Casting ... [18.17]
  • Hiding inherited public features ... [21.1], [21.6], [21.7], [21.8], [21.9], [23.9]
  • Macros ... [9.5], [29.11], [30.3], [39.4], [39.5], [39.6]
  • Missing virtual on some base class dtors ... [20.7]
  • Mixing malloc() and delete ... [16.3]
  • Mixing new and free() ... [16.3]
  • Mixing new T[n] with delete p ... [16.12], [16.13], [26.11]
  • Mixing realloc() and new ... [16.5]
  • Passing array-of-Derived as array-of-Base ... [21.4], [21.5]
  • Pointer casts ... [16.25], [18.17], [21.2], [23.12], [27.11], [30.2], [30.3], [37.5]
  • Preprocessor ... [29.8]
  • Unnecessary global variables ... [33.2], [39.8]
  • Unnecessary use of "dumb" pointers ... [34.6]
• bad_alloc (see also under Exceptions) ... [16.6], [16.7]
• Bag of Apple vs. of Fruit ... [21.3]
• Bang (!) operator ... [29.13]
• Base class ... [19.3]
• Basics (Const correctness) ... [29.6]
• Basics of templates (see also under Templates) ... [35.1]
• Beautifier, Code
  • A2PS ... [40.3]
  • Artistic Style ... [40.3]
  • C++2LaTeX ... [40.3]
  • C-Clearly ... [40.3]
  • GNU indent ... [40.3]
  • grind ... [40.3]
  • HPS Beauty ... [40.3]
  • lgrind ... [40.3]
  • ProFactor StyleManager ... [40.3]
  • Source Styler for C++ ... [40.3]
  • StyleManager, ProFactor ... [40.3]
  • tgrind ... [40.3]
  • Uncrustify ... [40.3]
• Behavior: Advertised vs. implemented ... [21.11], [21.12]
• Behavioral equivalence (see also Operator overloading) ... [13.9]
• Beliefs, naive/wrong
  • Always name numeric literals ... [29.11]
  • Friendship breaks encapsulation ... [14.2]
  • inline functions always improve performance ... [9.3]
  • Methods always better than friend-functions ... [15.9]
  • Multi-line macros simply use {...} ... [39.5]
  • Never use #define ... [29.7]
  • Never use multiple-inheritance ... [25.2], [25.3]
  • One size fits all ... [25.6]
  • protected data is evil ... [19.8]
  • "Always" and "Never" rules ... [23.3]
  • "Evil" things should never be used ... [6.15]
  • Software has rules that always apply ... [6.16], [17.8], [21.8], [23.4], [25.5]
  • There exists a purely technical definition of "good" ... [6.17]
  • Token-pasting doesn't require two levels of macros ... [39.6]
• Belorussian translation of this document ... [2.3]
• Big Picture Issues ... [6]
  • Business-centricity vs. Techno-centricity ... [6.5]
  • C++ is a practical tool ... [6.1]
  • C++ is not a perfect tool ... [6.2]
  • Length of time needed to learn OO/C++ ... [6.7]
  • Size of the installed base ... [6.6]
  • Some advantages of Generic Programming ... [6.4]
  • Some advantages of OO ... [6.3]
  • Standardization of C++ ... [6.12], [6.13]
• Big Three, Law of ... [16.17], [22.5], [27.10]
• Binary compatibility between vendors ... [38.9]
• Binary format mechanics, Serialization and ... [36.6]
• Binary format tradeoffs, Serialization and ... [36.3]
• Binary mode (input/output) ... [15.13]
• Binary mode for opening streams ... [15.12]
• Binary mode for std::cin and std::cout ... [15.13]
• Binary mode on MS-DOS (input/output) ... [15.12]
• Bind Dynamically During Initialization Idiom ... [23.6]
• Binding: Static vs. dynamic ... [20.2], [20.3], [20.4]
• Bits per byte ... [26.4], [26.5], [26.6]
• Bitwise (Concrete) state vs. Meaningwise (Abstract) state ... [18.10], [18.11]
• Bizarre syntax: use only when you must ... [27.14]
• Bjarne Stroustrup's web site ... [29.4]
• Bloat of code ... [9.3]
• Book (see C++ FAQ Book) ... [3]
• Books ... [28]
  • C++ FAQ Book ... [3]
  • Coding-Standards in C++ ... [27.1], [27.13]
  • Design ... [28.8]
  • Legality issues of C++ ... [28.4], [28.6]
  • Morality issues of C++ ... [28.4], [28.5]
  • Programming-by-example in C++ ... [28.4], [28.7]
• boolalpha ... [35.8]
• Borland free C++ compiler ... [38.1]
• Bosnian translation of this document ... [2.4]
• Braces: whitespace standards ... [29.10]
• Bridge pattern ... [25.5]
• British Informatics Olympiad ... [29.2]
• Broken mindset (see also under Exceptions) ... [17.6], [17.7]
• BTW (Acronym) ... [5.1]
• Bugs, subtle ... [6.15]
  • Arrays ... [16.17], [17.11], [21.5], [34.1]
  • Casting Derived** → Base** ... [21.2]
  • Casting Foo** → Foo const** ... [18.17]
  • Casting pointers ... [16.25], [18.17], [21.2], [23.12], [27.11], [30.2], [30.3], [37.5]
  • char* (use a string-like class instead) ... [13.6], [17.11]
  • Converting array-of-Derived → kind-of Array-of-Base ... [21.4]
  • Derived** → Base**, Casting ... [21.2]
  • Explicitly calling destructors (sometimes okay) ... [11.10]
  • Explicitly calling destructors on local objects ... [11.5], [11.6]
  • Foo** → Foo const**, Casting ... [18.17]
  • Hiding inherited public features ... [21.1], [21.6], [21.7], [21.8], [21.9], [23.9]
  • Macros ... [9.5], [29.11], [30.3], [39.4], [39.5], [39.6]
  • Missing virtual on some base class dtors ... [20.7]
  • Mixing malloc() and delete ... [16.3]
  • Mixing new and free() ... [16.3]
  • Mixing new T[n] with delete p ... [16.12], [16.13], [26.11]
  • Mixing realloc() and new ... [16.5]
  • Passing array-of-Derived as array-of-Base ... [21.4], [21.5]
  • Pointer casts ... [16.25], [18.17], [21.2], [23.12], [27.11], [30.2], [30.3], [37.5]
  • Preprocessor ... [29.8]
  • Unnecessary global variables ... [33.2], [39.8]
  • Unnecessary use of "dumb" pointers ... [34.6]
• Build objects: constructors ... [10.1]
• Built-in (intrinsic, primitive) data types ... [26]
  • Arrays ... [16.20]
  • Choosing between integer sizes ... [29.5]
  • Comparing with string literals ... [13.6]
  • Deleting an array of ... [16.13], [26.11]
  • Identities for operators ... [27.10]
  • Initializing in ctors ... [10.6], [26.8]
  • Initializing when static ... [10.14], [10.18], [26.9]
  • Operator overloading ... [13.1]
  • Operator overloading and ... [26.10]
  • POD types and ... [26.7]
  • Promoting to a class type ... [39.1]
• Bulgarian translation of this document ... [2.5]
• Bulirsch, R. ... [29.17], [37.7]
• Business criteria dominate technical criteria ... [6.5]
• Business issues dominate technical issues ... [6.17]
• By value
  • Return-by-value optimization ... [10.9]
  • Return-by-value optimization extended to local variables ... [10.10]
• Byte
  • At least 8 bits ... [26.4]
  • Defined ... [26.4]
  • Some have many bits ... [26.5], [26.6]
  • Units of sizeof ... [26.2]