C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices

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Start with a clean slate: Uninitialized variables are a common source of bugs in C and C++ programs. Avoid such bugs by being disciplined about...

In the low-level efficiency tradition of C and C++ alike, the compiler is often not required to initialize variables unless you do it explicitly (e.g.,...

Example 1: Using a default initial value or ?: to reduce mixing data flow with control flow. // Not recommended: Doesn't initialize variable int speedupFactor; if( condition...

Input buffers and volatile data that is directly written by hardware or other processes does not need to be initialized by the program....

[Dewhurst03] §48 • [Stroustrup00] §4.9.5, §6.3...