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C++ unit testing frameworks revisited

Posted on 5.7.2010 by Anteru

For a long time, I’ve been using UnitTest++ for all of my C++ unit testing needs. UnitTest++ is a very nice and small unit testing library, which covers all basic needs and is very easy to integrate with a project. … Continue reading →

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Reporting compiler bugs

Posted on 28.6.2010 by Anteru

Once in a life-time, you run into a compiler bug … well, that used to be the case, before HLSL/GLSL/OpenCL/CUDA/C++0x whatever started to crop up and require new front and especially code generation back-ends. More often than not, people just … Continue reading →

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Avoid unsigned types by default

Posted on 17.5.2010 by Anteru (Updated on 20.6.2010)

For some reason or another, unsigned types in C++ are heavily overused. I know that Java doesn’t have them, and many students who learn programming with Java think this is a really serious deficiency which they have to make up … Continue reading →

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Bazaar for version control

Posted on 8.3.2010 by Anteru

I’ve been a long-time user of Subversion – and I really like the project. However, I recently switched to Bazaar for nearly all of my work, and I’d like to explain some of the reasons behind this. First of all, … Continue reading →

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