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Revised Jul 4, 2012

[4.48] What updates were made for the 05/98 release?

Global changes:

• Removed the grey background color on the HTML version. It now displays in the Web Browser's own preferences.

5 New FAQs:

• [1.5] Trademarks
  (created)
• [2.12] Where can I find the C++ FAQ translated into Portuguese?
  (created)
• [4.48] What updates were made for the 05/98 release?
  (created)
• [10.6] Should my constructors use "initialization lists" or "assignment"?
  (created)
• [38.2] Where can I get more information on using MFC and Visual C++?
  (created)

9 Changed FAQs:

• [2.2] What happened to the one-click-download option?
  (made it clearer why there is no FTP or HTTP address for downloading the FAQ)
• [6.12] Is C++ standardized? Updated!
  (rewrote now that the standard is here)
• [6.13] Where can I get a copy of the ANSI/ISO C++ standard?
  (rewrote now that the standard is here)
• [16.18] But the above Matrix class is specific to Fred! Isn't there a way to make it generic?
  (fixed Matrix's ctor thanks to Dhavide Aruliah)
• [16.23] How do I provide reference counting with copy-on-write semantics?
  (fixed Fred's default ctor thanks to Scott Harris)
• [37.3] How can I find a Fred object in an STL container of Fred* such as std::vector<Fred*>?
  (changed operator==() to operator()() thanks to Ali Tajeldin)
• [37.4] Where can I get help on how to use STL?
  (added the URL for the STL FAQ)
• [38.5] Where can I get information about the C++ compiler from {Borland, IBM, Microsoft, Sun, etc.}?
  (corrected the URL for Borland C++ & HP C++; added GNU C++, Intel Reference C++, KAI C++, and Portland Group C++)
• [40.3] Are there any pretty-printers that reformat C++ source code?
  (added a URL for "GNU indent")