Discovering Modern C++: An Intensive Course for Scientists, Engineers, and Programmers, 1st edition

Reasons to Read This Book     xviii

The Beauty and the Beast     xviii

Languages in Science and Engineering     xix

Typographical Conventions     xx

Chapter 1: C++ Basics             1

1.1   Our First Program   1

1.2   Variables   3

1.3   Operators   10

1.4   Expressions and Statements   21

1.5   Functions   28

1.6   Error Handling   34

1.7   I/O   40

1.8   Arrays, Pointers, and References   47

1.9   Structuring Software Projects   58

1.10 Exercises   63

Chapter 2: Classes         65

2.1   Program for Universal Meaning Not for Technical Details   65

2.2   Members   67

2.3   Setting Values: Constructors and Assignments   72

2.4   Destructors   89

2.5   Method Generation Résumé   95

2.6   Accessing Member Variables   96

2.7   Operator Overloading Design   100

2.8   Exercises   104

Chapter 3: Generic Programming         107

3.1   Function Templates   107

3.2   Namespaces and Function Lookup   115

3.3   Class Templates   123

3.4   Type Deduction and Definition   131

3.5   A Bit of Theory on Templates: Concepts   136

3.6   Template Specialization   136

3.7   Non-Type Parameters for Templates   144

3.8   Functors   146

3.9   Lambda   154

3.10 Variadic Templates   159

3.11 Exercises   161

Chapter 4: Libraries         165

4.1   Standard Template Library   165

4.2   Numerics   186

4.3   Meta-programming   198

4.4   Utilities   202

4.5   The Time Is Now   209

4.6   Concurrency   211

4.7   Scientific Libraries Beyond the Standard   213

4.8   Exercises   215

Chapter 5: Meta-Programming         219

5.1   Let the Compiler Compute   219

5.2   Providing and Using Type Information   226

5.3   Expression Templates   245

5.4   Meta-Tuning: Write Your Own Compiler Optimization   253

5.5   Exercises   283

Chapter 6: Object-Oriented Programming         287

6.1   Basic Principles   287

6.2   Removing Redundancy   298

6.3   Multiple Inheritance   299

6.4   Dynamic Selection by Sub-typing   306

6.5   Conversion   308

6.6   CRTP  316

6.7   Exercises   320

Chapter 7: Scientific Projects          321

7.1   Implementation of ODE Solvers   321

7.2   Creating Projects   332

7.3   Some Final Words   345

Appendix A: Clumsy Stuff         347

A.1   More Good and Bad Scientific Software   347

A.2   Basics in Detail   353

A.3   Real-World Example: Matrix Inversion   362

A.4   Class Details   371

A.5   Method Generation   375

A.6   Template Details   386

A.7   Using std::vector in C++03   391

A.8   Dynamic Selection in Old Style   392

A.9   Meta-Programming Details 392

Appendix B: Programming Tools          403

B.1   gcc    403

B.2   Debugging   404

B.3   Memory Analysis   408

B.4   gnuplot   409

B.5   Unix, Linux, and Mac OS   411

Appendix C: Language Definitions         413

C.1   Value Categories   413

C.2   Operator Overview   413

C.3   Conversion Rules   416