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Learning Boost C++

You're reading from   Learning Boost C++ Solve practical programming problems using powerful, portable, and expressive libraries from Boost

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783551217
Length 558 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Arindam Mukherjee Arindam Mukherjee
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Preface 1. Introducing Boost FREE CHAPTER 2. The First Brush with Boost's Utilities 3. Memory Management and Exception Safety 4. Working with Strings 5. Effective Data Structures beyond STL 6. Bimap and Multi-index Containers 7. Higher Order and Compile-time Programming 8. Date and Time Libraries 9. Files, Directories, and IOStreams 10. Concurrency with Boost 11. Network Programming Using Boost Asio A. C++11 Language Features Emulation Index

Self-test questions

For multiple choice questions, choose all options that apply:

  1. What are the Abraham's Exception Safety Guarantees?

    a. Basic, weak, and strong

    b. Basic, strong, and no-throw

    c. Weak, strong, and no-throw

    d. None, basic, and strong

  2. What are the main differences between boost::scoped_ptr and std::unique_ptr?

    a. boost::scoped_ptr does not support move semantics

    b. std::scoped_ptr has no partial specialization for arrays

    c. std::unique_ptr can be stored in STL containers

    d. std::unique_ptr supports custom deleters

  3. Why is boost::shared_ptr heavier than other smart pointers?

    a. It uses a shared reference counter

    b. It supports both copy and move semantics

    c. It uses two allocations per encapsulated object

    d. It is not heavier than other smart pointers

  4. What is the disadvantage of using boost::make_shared to create a shared_ptr?

    a. It is slower than directly instantiating boost::shared_ptr

    b. It is not thread safe

    c. It does not release object memory until all weak_ptr referents expire

    d. It...

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