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Overload Journal #123 - October 2014 and Programming Topics
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Debug Complexity: How Assertions Affect Debugging Time

Martin Moene

07 October 2014 21:41:16 +01:00

Debugging any program can be time consuming. Sergey Ignatchenko and Dmytro Ivanchykhin extend their mathematical model to consider the effect of assertions.

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Alternative Overloads

Martin Moene

06 October 2014 21:50:13 +01:00

How do you return a default value given a condition? Malcolm Noyes presents solutions using older and newer C++ techniques.

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Everyone Hates build.xml

Martin Moene

05 October 2014 21:52:51 +01:00

Using Ant build tool can be tricky. Andy Balaam shows how to structure and test the build code.

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Defining Visitors Inline in Modern C++

Martin Moene

04 October 2014 21:56:17 +01:00

The Visitor pattern can involve non-local boilerplate code. Robert Mill and Jonathan Coe present an inline Visitor in C++.

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Paper Bag Escapology Using Particle Swarm Optimisation

Martin Moene

02 October 2014 22:20:39 +01:00

Some attempts at programming one’s way out of a paper bag need an upfront model. Frances Buontempo simplifies things using particle swarm optimisation.