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- README.TXT
- //////////////////////////////////////////////////
- // From the compressed package ECKELT01.ZIP 2/21/95
- // Copyright (c) Bruce Eckel, 1995
- // Source code file from the book "Thinking in C++",
- // Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0-13-917709-4
- // All rights reserved EXCEPT as allowed by the following
- // statements: You may freely use this file for your own
- // work, including modifications and distribution in
- // executable form only. You may copy and distribute this
- // file, as long as it is only distributed in the complete
- // (compressed) package with the other files from this
- // book and you do not remove this copyright and notice.
- // You may not distribute modified versions of the source
- // code in this package. This package may be freely placed
- // on bulletin boards, internet nodes, shareware disks and
- // product vendor disks. You may not use this file in
- // printed media without the express permission of the
- // author. Bruce Eckel makes no
- // representation about the suitability of this software
- // for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express
- // or implied warranty of any kind. The entire risk as to
- // the quality and performance of the software is with
- // you. Should the software prove defective, you assume
- // the cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or
- // correction.
- // If you think you've found an error, please
- // email all modified files with loudly commented changes
- // to: eckel@aol.com (please use the same
- // address for non-code errors found in the book).
- //////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- The code in this package is, I believe, correct in relationship to the
- current ANSI/ISO draft standard and the features that have been
- accepted. It has been tested across 4 compilers to ensure that one or
- more of them accepts the code according to what I believe is correct.
-
- However, please note that not all compilers implement all features.
- Microsoft VC++ 1.5 does not support templates or exception handling.
- Microsoft VC++ 2.0 supports most features of templates and exception
- handling WITHOUT exception specifications, but NOT run-time type
- identification, so a number of examples in Chapters 14 and 16 will not
- compile and NONE of the examples in Chapter 17 will compile with VC++ 2.0.
- Future versions of Microsoft C++ will be compliant and will compile
- these examples.
-
- All the files in this package SHOULD compile without errors on a
- conforming compiler (although all compilers will emit warnings for the
- form main() {}. The standard says the compiler should automatically
- insert return 0; for the special case of main().). Thus, to discover
- when warnings or error messages SHOULD be produced, you must look at the
- individual files; most of the commented-out portions have the word
- "error" near them, so you can easily grep. I have not yet automated
- this process.
-
- To find the errors revealed in your compiler, do the following:
-
- (1) Copy this disk to a fresh subdirectory. Unpack the file by saying:
- unzip -d eckelt01.zip This will create all necessary subdirectories.
-
- (2) Run the following batch file:
- BCCTEST.BAT for Borland C++ (creates BCCTEST.OUT)
- SCTEST.BAT for Symantec C++ (creates SCTEST.OUT)
- CLTEST.BAT for Visual C++ 2.0 under Windows NT 3.5 (creates CLTEST.OUT)
- HCTEST.BAT for MetaWare C++ under Windows NT 3.5 (creates HCTEST.OUT)
-
- The created file will be in the base directory for this source code and
- will contain all errors generated by compiling all the files in the
- book, separated by chapter indicators. There are also simple makefiles
- in each directory.
-
- (3) You can also just move to the subdirectory and try compiling all the
- files with the command line compiler, without linking, to check for
- errors. For example, with Borland you can do this by saying:
- bcc -c *.cpp
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