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

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Behave responsibly: Ensure that each header you write is compilable standalone, by having it include any headers its contents depend upon....

If one header file won't work unless the file that includes it also includes another header, that's gauche and puts unnecessary burden on that header...

Some subtler issues arise in connection with templates. Example 1: Dependent names. Templates are compiled at the point where they are defined, except that any dependent...

[Lakos96] §• [Stroustrup00] §9.• [Sutter00] §• [Vandevoorde03] §9-10...