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 * [[https://github.com/isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines|isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines]] The C++ Core Guidelines are a set of tried-and-true guidelines, rules, and best practices about coding in C++, from Bjarne Stroustrup and Herb Sutter. [[http://isocpp.github.io/CppCoreGuidelines/CppCoreGuidelines|More easily readable version]]

C++ style guides

`const` correctness

Formatting

ClangFormat: auto-formats C++ code

Static analysis tools

  • Clang-Tidy: C/C++ linting tool, à la Google's cpplint.

clang-tidy -checks='*' *.cpp -- -std=c++11

# Highest severity warnings only (i.e. memory leaks, etc)
cppcheck --enable=all *.cpp
# Everything except style-related linting
cppcheck --enable=warning,performance,portability,information,missingInclude \
         --std=c++11 --library=std.cfg --verbose --quiet \
         *.cpp

Overview articles:

Stuff I never remember

Unnecessary copies w/ `auto`

Beware unncessary copies w/ auto; default semantics is to make a copy.

// Typically there's no reason to copy.
for (const auto &Val : Container) { observe(Val); }
for (auto &Val : Container) { Val.change(); }

// Remove the reference if you really want a new copy.
for (auto Val : Container) { Val.change(); saveSomewhere(Val); }

// Copy pointers, but make it clear that they're pointers.
for (const auto *Ptr : Container) { observe(*Ptr); }
for (auto *Ptr : Container) { Ptr->change(); }

Don't evaluate `end()` in loops

// BAD
BasicBlock *BB = ...
for (BasicBlock::iterator I = BB->begin(); I != BB->end(); ++I)
  // ... use I ...

// GOOD (unless you are mutating BB; use the above loop if you are, and document you are doing so)
BasicBlock *BB = ...
for (BasicBlock::iterator I = BB->begin(), E = BB->end(); I != E; ++I)
  // ... use I ...

Use `const` iterators if not mutating a structure

Expanding on the above:

BasicBlock *BB = ...
for (BasicBlock::const_iterator I = BB->cbegin(), E = BB->cend(); I != E; ++I)
  // ... use I ...

C++ move semantics/perfect forwarding

C++ and Python

pybind/pybind11: Seamless operability between C++11 and Python

tbenthompson/cppimport: Import C++ files directly from Python!

Stuff

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