Practical C++ Programming
by Steve Oualline

This errata page lists errors outstanding in the most recent printing.  

If you have any error reports or technical questions, you can send them to
booktech@oreilly.com.  (Please specify the printing date of your copy.)


This page was last modified on May 15, 2001.

Here's the key to the markup:

        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
        ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification


Confirmed errors:


{75} code block in "NOTE":	

	const int first_part = 3;	
	const int second_part = 7;

should be:

	const int FIRST_PART = 3;
	const int SECOND_PART = 7;


[78] Question 5-3:
The example code fails to include #include <iostream.h>--If source is copied 
directly from book, program will not compile.


{107} In the description of the result the debug output:

	## after cin +
	## after if +

is missing after the line:

	Enter operator amd number: + 123


{209} 2nd box should read:

	a_stack.stack() called


{230}  Example 15-5 (init-a/init-a.cpp);
void init_array_1(int data[])
{
  int index;

  for (...){
    ....
}

should be

void int_array_1(int data[])
{
  int index;

  for (...){
  ....
  }
}


{285} Example 17-2, top of page:
The line:

	return (*result);

should be removed.


{287} Example 17-4:
The code should read:

	 *               (normally stdin)               *
	 ************************************************
	void &extended_getline(char *line, int size, istream &file)
	{

	    if (playback_file_open) {
		&playback_file.getline(line, size);
		if (file == cin)
		    // Echo the input to the standard out
		    // so the user sees it
		    cout << line << '\n';
	    ) else
	        file.getline(line, size);

	    //Did someone ask for a save file?
	    if (save_file_open)
		save_file << line << '\n';

	}


{291} code:
The lines:

	main(argc, argv)
	int argc;
	char *argv[];

should read:

	int // ... main(int argc, char *argv[])
	

(299) 1st paragraph:
In the first sentence the name of the function is missing It should read:

	...generated from the procedure number.


{358} 2nd block of code under :delete Operator"::

	delete []pointer;

should be:

	delete[] pointer;

It is better to use only one form.


{408} Example 22-1:
In the second comment block, the Parameters explanation is senseless because 
there is no parameter in the function.

	Parameters
	     the stack -- stack to initialize

should be removed.


{417} Example 23-2:
In the comment block, the function declaration:

	int &operator [](int index)

should read:

	int &operator [](const unsigned int index)


{417} Example 23-2, middle of page:

	BLOCK_SIZE = 100

should be:

	BLOCK_SIZE = 10


{419} Example 23-3:
The right side of the first comment box should be realigned.


{426} In the line:

	((HIGH_BOUND - LOW_BOUND) / (float) (NUMBER_OF_LINES);

a parenthesis is missing before ;.


{439} In the middle of the page, the line:

	if (strcmp(d1, d2) < 0

should read:

	if (strcmp(d1, d2) > 0

(Compare same function on page 440).


{452} 1st block of code:
The 3rd line should read:

	#else /* __MSDOS__ */

and the 5th line should read:

	#endif /* __MSDOS__ */


(452) In the first para. of the box "Porting four-letter words," letter is 
misspelled as "latter".


(457) Example 26-1:
The number of comment only lines should be 3 instead of 4.


{464} Example 26-2:
A semicolon is missing at the end of line:

	char *name = "Test"


(464) "Revisions", first paragraph:
The "need for expendability" should be "need for expandability".


{480} Example 26-8:

	$(CCFLAGS)=-g

should read:

	$(CCFLAGS) = -g


{496} 4th code block:
A semicolon is missing at the end of line:

	cout << b_sample.*data_ptr << '\n'


INDEX:

(556) The try keyword is explained on page 403 and not on page 405.