Item-19 Treat class design as type design
· β 3 min read
Before definining a new type, be sure to consider all the issues discussed in this item.
technique
Item-18 Make interfaces easy to use correctly and hard to use incorrectly
· β 6 min read
Good interfaces are easy to use correctly and hard to use incorrectly.
Item-17 Store newed objects in smart pointers in standalone statements
· β 2 min read
Failure to do this can lead to subtle resource leaks when exceptions are thrown.
Item-16 Use the same form in corresponding uses of new and delete
· β 2 min read
If you use [] in a new expression, use [] in the corresponding delete expression; If not, no [] in the matching delete expression.
Item-15 Provide access to raw resource in resource-managing classes
· β 3 min read
Each RAII class should offer a way to get at the resource it manages.
