Errata

Incorrect Information Regarding Classes
There is an error in the first paragraph on page 81.Change:"the number of routines called from within a routine or from within a class"To:"the number of routines called from within a routine or the number of classes used within a class"

Incorrect Page Numbers
On page 229, there is an error in the 2nd paragraph:



Change:

"Now look again at the spec on page 000 and the initial pseudocode on page 000."



To:

"Now look again at the spec on page 221 and the initial pseudocode on page 224."

Error in Code Sample
There is an error in the second code sample on page 266.



Change:

"if ( recalcNeeded == True )"To:

"if ( recalcNeeded == false )"

All Instances of 100,000 Should Be 1,000,000
There are multiple typographical errors in the last paragraph on page 294, and the first paragraph on page 295.



Change all instances of:

"100,000"



To:

"1,000,000"

Error in Code Samples
The code samples on pages 330, 331, and 332 contain incorrect data.



The lines of code beginning with "memset( pointer" should be removed.

C++ Should Be C
There is a typographical error in the fourth line of the fourth paragraph on page 330.Change:"C++"To:"C"

Missing Information Regarding C++
There is an error in the first line of the fifth paragraph on page 330.Change:"Of course, this technique requires"To:"Of course, this technique will not work in C++ where the pointer points to an object, and it requires"

Reference Should Be Value
On page 333, Change:



"Sometimes, however, you would like to have the semantics of a pass by reference"



To

"Sometimes, however, you would like to have the semantics of a pass by value"

Wend Should Be End While
In the code samples on pages 402-405, "Wend" should be changed to "End While" in the following locations:



Page 402, first code sample, 4th line from bottom;

Pages 403 and 404, first code sample, 3rd line from bottom;

Page 405, first code sample, 5th line from bottom.

Field_Last should be Field_Last+1
On page 422, +1 is missing from the second code sample on the page.



Change:

AbstractField* field[ Field_Last ];To:

AbstractField* field[ Field_Last+1 ];

Code sample incorrect
On page 423, there is a line missing from the code sample.



Change:

fieldIdx = 1;

while ( ( fieldIdx <= numFieldsInMessage ) && ( fileStatus == OK ) ) {

fieldType = fieldDescription[ fieldIdx ].FieldType;

fieldName = fieldDescription[ fieldIdx ].FieldName;

field[ fieldType ].ReadAndPrint( fieldName, fileStatus );

}To:

fieldIdx = 1;

while ( ( fieldIdx <= numFieldsInMessage ) && ( fileStatus == OK ) ) {

fieldType = fieldDescription[ fieldIdx ].FieldType;

fieldName = fieldDescription[ fieldIdx ].FieldName;

field[ fieldType ].ReadAndPrint( fieldName, fileStatus );

fieldIdx++;

}

x Is Not Greater Than 5
There is an error in the 3rd paragraph on page 610.



Change:

"Once you've determined that x is greater than 5"



To:

"Once you've determined that x is not greater than 5"

Minus sign missing from table
On page 614, the Time Savings column of the Visual Basic row of the table reads:



"258%"



It should read:



"-258%"

Two extra lines included in code sample
On page 641, the var section of the first code sample reads:



var

index: integer;

lowerByte: byte;

upperByte: byte;

targetIndex: integer;

It should read:



var

index: integer;

targetIndex: integer;

Errors In Code Sample
There are two errors in the middle code sample on page 752.



Change:

"if ( mainColor = BallColor_White"



To:

"if ( mainColor == BallColor_White"



And change:

"if ( mainColor = BallColor_Blue"



To:

"if ( mainColor == BallColor_Blue"

Maximum referenced in place of minimum
On page 770, the 23rd line of the code sample reads:



// find the arithmetic maximum of arg1 and arg2

It should read:



// find the arithmetic minimum of arg1 and arg2

Error In Second Code Sample
There is an error in the 5th line from the bottom of the 2nd code sample on page 779.Change:"for ( primeCandidate = 1;"To:"for ( primeCandidate = 2;"

Incorrect Information About JavaScript
There is an error regarding JavaScript on page 65.

Change:
"JavaScript is an interpreted language that is loosely"

To:
"JavaScript is an interpreted language that was originally loosely"

Error Should Be ErrorToReport
There is an error on page 226 after the code sample.

Change:
"Italicized variable name 'error'"

To:
"Italicized variable name 'errorToReport'"

Option Explicit Should Be Num
There is an error in the middle of page 240.

Change:
"common suffixes such as Option Explicit and No"

To:
"common suffixes such as Num and No"

"roots" used in place of "solutions" in code samples
On page 267, the second and third code samples read:

C++ Example of an Uninformative “Temporary” Variable Name
// Compute roots of a quadratic equation.
// This assumes that (b^2-4*a*c) is positive.
temp = sqrt( b^2 - 4*a*c );
root[0] = ( -b + temp ) / ( 2 * a );
root[1] = ( -b - temp ) / ( 2 * a );C++ Example with a “Temporary” Variable Name Replaced with a Real Variable
// Compute roots of a quadratic equation.
// This assumes that (b^2-4*a*c) is positive.
discriminant = sqrt( b^2 - 4*a*c );
root[0] = ( -b + discriminant ) / ( 2 * a );
root[1] = ( -b - discriminant ) / ( 2 * a );

They should read:

C++ Example of an Uninformative “Temporary” Variable Name
// Compute solutions to a quadratic equation.
// This assumes that (b^2-4*a*c) is positive.
temp = sqrt( b^2 - 4*a*c );
solution[0] = ( -b + temp ) / ( 2 * a );
solution[1] = ( -b - temp ) / ( 2 * a );C++ Example with a “Temporary” Variable Name Replaced with a Real Variable
// Compute solutions to a quadratic equation.
// This assumes that (b^2-4*a*c) is positive.
discriminant = sqrt( b^2 - 4*a*c );
solution[0] = ( -b + discriminant ) / ( 2 * a );
solution[1] = ( -b - discriminant ) / ( 2 * a );

Missing Minus Sign
There is a minus sign missing from the first paragraph on page 295.

Change:
"727,379,968"

To:
"-727,379,968"

Missing Reference to C
There is a typographical error in the fourth paragraph on page 330.Change:"You can force errors"To:"In C, you can force errors"

C++ Example Should Be C Example
There is an error in the first code sample on page 330.Change:"C++ Example"To:"C Example"

Invalid Statement
On page 331, there is an error in the second to the last line .

Change:
"It can also check for a null return ..."

To:
"It can also be checked for an exception or a null return ..."

Value Should Be Reference
On page 333, Change:
"with the implementation of a pass by value"

To:"with the implementation of a pass by reference"

"}" Should Be "};"
There are two errors in the first code sample on page 422.

In the 4th line, change the first "}" to "};"

In the 10th line, change the last "}" to "};"

"and" Should Be "&&"
There is an error in the code sample on page 423.

Change:
"and"

To:
"&&"

"line 15" Should Be "line 12" In Table
Case 8 in the table on page 512 contains an error.

Change:
"line 15"

To:
"line 12"

"C++" Should Be "C#"
There are two errors in the 2nd paragraph on page 613.

Change both instances of:
"C++"

To:
"C#"

Error In Code Sample
There is an error in the 1st code sample on page 619.

In the 3rd line from the bottom, Change:
"if ( i == count )"

To:
"if ( i == count - 1 )"

"architecture" used in place of "architecture and requirements"
On page 655, the second and third sentences of the second paragraph read:

"Barry Boehm and Richard Turner found that spending about five percent of total project costs on architecture produced the lowest cost for projects in the 10,000-lines-of-code range. But for projects in the 100,000-lines-of-code range, spending 15–20 percent of project effort on architecture produced the best results (Boehm and Turner 2004)."

They should read:

"Barry Boehm and Richard Turner found that spending about five percent of total project costs on architecture and requirements produced the lowest cost for projects in the 10,000-lines-of-code range. But for projects in the 100,000-lines-of-code range, spending 15–20 percent of project effort on architecture and requirements produced the best results (Boehm and Turner 2004)."

Incorrect Listing Reference
There is an incorrect listing reference 3/4 of the way down page 758.Change:"In Listing 31-45"To:"In Listing 31-47"

Error In First Code Sample
There is an error in the 1st code sample on page 779.Change:"for ( i = 1;"To:"for ( i = 2;"

Incorrect Address
The address in the 2nd paragraph from the bottom of page 858 is not valid.Change:"write: ACM, PO Box 12114, Church Street Station, New York, NY 10257"To:"see www.acm.org."
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