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Revised Jul 4, 2012

[4.46] What updates were made for the 07/99 release?

2 New FAQs:

• [4.46] What updates were made for the 07/99 release?
  (created)
• [38.1] Where can I download a free C++ compiler?
  (created)

22 Changed FAQs:

• [1.6] On-line C++-FAQ != C++-FAQ-Book
  (updated due to the Second Edition of the book)
• [2.1] Where's the closest mirror site to access this document?
  (added Ireland mirror site: snet.wit.ie/GreenSpirit/c++-faq-lite)
• [2.2] What happened to the one-click-download option?
  (added "Windows 98" to last paragraph)
• [3.1] Is there a C++ FAQ Book in addition to this on-line C++ FAQ?
  (updated due to the Second Edition of the book)
• [6.6] Who uses C++?
  (corrected the growth rate)
• [6.9] Are virtual functions (dynamic binding) central to OO/C++?
  (added STL and generic programming)
• [6.13] Where can I get a copy of the ANSI/ISO C++ standard?
  (added new ways to get a copy via the web)
• [12.3] OK, OK, already; I'll handle self-assignment. How do I do it?
  (tightened the wording of the last paragraph thanks to Andy Glew)
• [15.4] How does that funky while (std::cin >> foo) syntax work?
  (corrected a serious bug: changed operator bool() to operator void*(); thanks to Rajinikanth Sivalingam)
• [16.24] How do I provide reference counting with copy-on-write semantics for a hierarchy of classes?
  (fixed a bug by making Fred a friend of Fred::Data)
• [18.10] What is a "const member function"?
  (changed "const pointer" to "pointer-to-const" thanks to Saieb Khalil)
• [20.7] When should my destructor be virtual?
  (changed "explicit destructor" to "explicitly defined destructor" to avoid confusion with the explicit keyword used with constructors)
• [23.8] Should a derived class redefine ("override") a member function that is non-virtual in a base class?
  (reworded first full paragraph)
• [27.13] Are there any other sources of coding standards?
  (removed the URL for the anti-guide (thanks to Bill Seymour for letting me know that the anti-guide disappeared))
• [28.5] What are some best-of-breed C++ morality guides?
  (updated info on C++ FAQs book because of its Second Edition)
• [28.6] What are some best-of-breed C++ legality guides?
  (fixed the ISBN for Bjarne Stroustrup's book)
• [31.1] What is value and/or reference semantics, and which is best in C++?
  (wordsmithed changes thanks to Lance Ware)
• [34.5] How can I insert/access/change elements from a linked list/hashtable/etc?
  (reworded item #3 thanks to John Millaway)
• [37.3] How can I find a Fred object in an STL container of Fred* such as std::vector<Fred*>?
  (fixed a typo in the code thanks to Scott Maxwell and Bill Sloan)
• [38.4] How can I decompile an executable program back into C++ source code?
  (wordsmithed changes thanks to Lance Ware)
• [38.5] Where can I get information about the C++ compiler from {Borland, IBM, Microsoft, Sun, etc.}?
  (corrected the URL for KAI C++ and added Rational APEX C/C++ thanks to Kevin Broadey; corrected the URL for Borland C++ FAQ thanks to Kent Reisdorph and Michael J. Reeves)
• [39.8] What are the C++ scoping rules for for loops?
  (wordsmithed thanks to Lance Ware)