Using examples of defects found in Miranda IM, Andrey Karpov will formulate some recommendations that will help you to avoid many errors and misprints at the code writing stage.
Articles Written by Andrey Karpov
C++ Programming: Static Code Analysis and the New Language Standard C++0x
The article discusses the new capabilities of the C++ programming language described in the standard C++0x and supported in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. By the example of PVS-Studio, we will see how the changes in the language influence static code analysis tools.
Lessons on Development of 64-Bit C/C++ Applications
The course is devoted to creation of 64-bit applications in C/C++ language and is intended for the Windows developers who use Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010 environment.
Comparing PVS-Studio (VivaMP) and Intel C/C++ ("Parallel Lint")
An unsuccessful attempt to compare PVS-Studio (VivaMP) and Intel C/C++ ("Parallel Lint")
64-bit Loki
Review this report about the testing of portability of the Loki library for 64-bit systems with the help of Viva64 code analyzer. It contains recommendations for use of the library as well as explores the peculiarities of libraries built on templates.
About size_t and ptrdiff_t
The article will help the readers understand what size_t and ptrdiff_t types are, what they are used for and when they must be used. The article will be interesting for those developers who begin creation of 64-bit applications where use of size_t and ptrdiff_t types provides high performance, possibility to operate large data sizes and portability between different platforms.
