I am a C guy and I'm trying to understand some C++ code. I have the following function declaration:

95 .cpp is the recommended extension for C++ as far as I know. Some people even recommend using .hpp for C++ headers, just to differentiate from C. Although the compiler doesn't care …

I have some template code that I would prefer to have stored in a CPP file instead of inline in the header. I know this can be done as long as you know which template types will be used. For …

itoa will be faster than the stream equivalent. There are also ways of re-using the string buffer with the itoa method (avoiding heap allocations if you are frequently generating strings. e.g. for …

12 The GNU C++ compiler has to make a decision where to put the vtable in case you have the definition of the virtual functions of an object spread across multiple compilations units (e.g. …

I have been seeing code like this usually in the start of header files: #ifndef HEADERFILE_H #define HEADERFILE_H And at the end of the file is #endif What is the purpose of this?

26 Feabh 2010 · I have a variable of type std::string. I want to check if it contains a certain std::string. How would I do that? Is there a function that returns true if the string is found, and …

17 MFómh 2017 · From the official documentation of the C/C++ extension: Configuring includePath for better IntelliSense results If you're seeing the following message when opening …

Syntax is just gcc my_source_code.cpp, or gcc -o my_executable.exe my_source_code.cpp. It gets more complicated, of course, when you have multiple source files (as in implementation; …

33 Cpp Reference is always helpful!!! Details about explicit specifier can be found here. You may need to look at implicit conversions and copy-initialization too. Quick look The explicit specifier …