C++ Templates

PrefaceAcknowledgments 1 About This Book 1.1 What You Should Know Before Reading This Book 1.2 Overall Structure of the Book 1.3 How to Read This Book 1.4 Some Remarks About Programming Style 1.5 The Standard versus Reality 1.6 Example Code and Additional Informations 1.7 FeedbackPart I:The Basics 2 Function Templates 2.1 A First Look at Function Templates 2.1.1 Defining the Template 2.1.2 Using the Template

PrefaceAcknowledgments 1 About This Book 1.1 What You Should Know Before Reading This Book 1.2 Overall Structure of the Book 1.3 How to Read This Book 1.4 Some Remarks About Programming Style 1.5 The Standard versus Reality 1.6 Example Code and Additional Informations 1.7 FeedbackPart I:The Basics 2 Function Templates 2.1 A First Look at Function Templates 2.1.1 Defining the Template 2.1.2 Using the Template 2.2 Argument Deduction 2.3 Template Parameters 2.4 Overloading Function Templates 2.5 Summary 3 Class Templates 3.1 Implementation of Class Template Stack 3.1.1 Declaration of Class templates 3.1.2 Implementation of Member Functions 3.2 Use of Class Template Stack 3.3 Specializations of Class Templates 3.4 Partial Specialization 3.5 Default Template Arguments 3.6 Summary 4 Nontype Template Parameters 4.1 Nontype Class Template Parameters 4.2 Nontype Function Template Parameters 4.3 Restrictions for Nontype Template Parameters 4.4 Summary 5 Tricky Basics 5.1 Keyword typename 5.2 Using this-> 5.3 Member Templates 5.4 Template Template Parameters 5.5 Zero Initialization 5.6 Using String Literals as Arguments for Function Templates 5.7 Summary 6 Using Templates in Practice 6.1 The Inclusion Model 6.1.1 Linker Errors 6.1.2 Templates in Header Files 6.2 Explicit Instantiation 6.2.1 Example of Explicit Instantiation 6.2.2 Combining the Inclusion Model and Explicit Instantiation 6.3 The Separation Model 6.3.1 The Keyword export 6.3.2 Limitations of the Separation Model 6.3.3 Preparing for the Separation Model 6.4 Templates and inline 6.5 Precompiled Headers 6.6 Debugging Templates 6.6.1 Decoding the Error Novel 6.6.2 Shallow Instantiation 6.6.3 Long Symbols 6.6.4 Tracers 6.6.5 Oracles 6.6.6 Archetypes 6.7 Afternotes 6.8 Summary 7 Basic Template Terminology 7.1 “Class Template”or“Template Class”? 7.2 Instantiation and Specialization 7.3 Declarations versus Definitions 7.4 The One-Definition Rule 7.5 Template Arguments versus Template ParametersPart II:Templates in Depth 8 Fundamentals in Depth 8.1 Parameterized Declarations 8.1.1 Virtual Member Functions 8.1.2 Linkage of Templates 8.1.3 Primary Templates 8.2 Template Parameters 8.2.1 Type Parameters 8.2.2 Nontype Parameters 8.2.3 Template Template Parameters 8.2.4 Default Template Arguments 8.3 Template Arguments 8.3.1 Function Template Arguments 8.3.2 Type Arguments 8.3.3 Nontype Arguments 8.3.4 Template Template Arguments 8.3.5 Equivalence 8.4 Friends 8.4.1 Friend Functions 8.4.2 Friend Templates 8.5 Afternotes 9 Names in Templates 10 Instantiation 11 Template Argument Deduction 12 Specialization and Overloading 13 Future DirectionsPart III:Templates and Design 14 The Polymorphic Power of Templates 15 Traits and Policy Classes 16 Templates and Inheritance 17 Metaprograms 18 Expression Templates 19 Type Classification 20 Smart Pointers 21 Tuples 22 Function Objects and CallbacksAppendixes A The One-Definition Rule B Overload ResoutionBibliographyGlossaryIndex

本书是一本对基本概念和语言特性有着深刻见解的指南性书籍，同时也是一本包含内容广泛的参考性书籍。本书首先讲述了语言细节，然后对编码技巧进行了广泛的讨论，最后还对模板的高级应用进行了阐述、分析。贯串全书的示例阐明了抽象概念并演示了最优实践方法。
读者将学习到：
·正确的模板行为；
·如何避开与模板相关的错误陷阱；
·从基础的到早前没有文字约定的惯用语法和技巧；
·如何在不对性能和安全性造成损害的前提下进行源代码重用；
·如何提高C++程序的效率；
·如何构建更具灵活性和可维护性的软件。

模板是C++功能强大的特性之一，然而却常常被人们所忽视、误解与误用。本书将帮助软件设计师、工程师清晰理解为什么、何时及如何使用模板来构建及维护简洁、快速、灵活的高效软件。本书将引导程序员全面完整地开发C++功能强大的特性——模板特性。