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Version Location Description Submitted By Corrected
Printed Page xvi
Obtaining Online Examples

Find examples at: http://examples.oreilly.com/9781565921160/

 Anonymous 
Printed Page xvi

Under the "FTP" heading, line 6 of the code used to read:

"Password: yourname@domain.name . . ."

Now reads:

"Password: 129
username@hostname . . ."

 Anonymous  Jan 2000
Printed Page xvii

Under the "ftpmail" heading, line 3 of the code use to read:

"reply-to username@hostname.domainname . . ."

Now reads:

"reply-to username@hostname . . ."

 Anonymous  Jan 2000
Printed Page xvii
Under the "BITFTP" heading, the first line of code use

to read:

"FTP ftp.uu.net NETDATA"

Now reads:

"FTP ftp.oreilly.com NETDATA"

 Anonymous  Jan 2000
Printed Page xvii
Under the "BITFTP" heading, the third line of code use

to read:

"PASS myname@podunk.edu . . ."

Now reads:

"PASS username@hostname . . ."

 Anonymous  Jan 2000
Printed Page xix
The following text was added to the preface

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This addition of text threw off the page break for page xx.

 Anonymous  Jan 2000
Printed Page 3
para. 4, line 1

"astraction" should be "abstraction"

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 15
next-to-last para.

The variable "d2" is declared twice in the same program.
the 2nd one should be d3

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 15
last para.

"initialize d2 ad d3" should be "initialize d2 and d3".

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 60
para. 2, line 2: "pia" changed to "psia" (still in constant width.)

Anonymous  May 1997
Printed Page 66
2nd para. (not incl. code)

This "minor technical mistake" is a publishing error, not an error in C++.
The word "member" is in mono-spaced font when it should be in the normal font

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 109
Fourth line of code in advanced topic box

There is an extra comma after the last item in the member initialization list:

frameThickness(source.frameThickness), // data member

should read:

frameThickness(source.frameThickness) // data member

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 123
para. 4, lines 2-3: "printer member function operator <<()"

changed to "printer operator operator<<()" ("operator<<()" is still
in constant width.)

 Anonymous  May 1997
Printed Page 125
2/3 the way down the page

void Id::operator=(Id src) {
should be
void Id::operator=(Id &src) {

if (this == ) return; // don't assign to self
should be
if (this == &src) return; // don't assign to self

Id::Id(Id src) {
should be
Id::Id(Id &src) {

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 125
code for operator

void Id::operator=(Id &src) {
deleteVal();
newVal(src.value);
}

Has been changed to:

void Id::operator=(Id &src) {
if (this == &src) return; // don't assign to self
deleteVal();
newVal(src.value);
}

 Anonymous  Sep 2001
Printed Page 129
the code block at the top of the page

void Id::operator=(Id src) {
should be
void Id::operator=(Id &src) {

Id::Id(Id src) {
should be
Id::Id(Id &src) {

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 129
code in the middle of the page

*os "Id{" data "-->";
should be
*os << "Id{" << data << "-->";

*os "(null)";
should be
*os << "(null)";

*os *data";
should be
data->print(os);


To get the same output like the end of this page,
we should modify the original print function to:

void IdData::print(ostream *os)
{
*os << "IdData{" << value << ", refCount = " << refCount << '}';
}


 Anonymous 
Printed Page 129
2nd paragraph

The printing operator operator() is identical to what you've....
should be
The printing operator operator<<() is identical to what you've....

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 129
Last but one para in the Id::set function

void Id::set(char *idStr)
{
if ( data->refCount > 1 )
attachData(0);
data->set(idStr);
}

should read:

void Id::set(char *idStr)
{
if ( data->refCount > 1 )
{
detachData();
attachData(0);
}
data->set(idStr);
}

NOTE: This has been corrected in the current version.

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 129
code for set

void Id::set(char *idStr) {
if (data->refCount > 1)
attachData(0);
data->set(idStr);
}

Has been changed to:

void Id::set(char *idStr) {
if (data->refCount > 1) {
detachData();
attachData(0);
}
data->set(idStr);
}

 Anonymous  Sep 2001
Printed Page 129
example printout at bottom of page

id1 = Id{0x22640-->IdData{0, refCount = 2}}
id2 = Id{0x22660-->IdData{0, refCount = 2}}
id1 = Id{0x22640-->IdData{12345, refCount = 1}}
id2 = Id{0x22640-->IdData{12345, refCount = 2}}

Has been changed to:

id1 = Id{0x22640-->IdData{0, refCount = 2}}
id2 = Id{0x22640-->IdData{0, refCount = 2}}
id1 = Id{0x22660-->IdData{12345, refCount = 1}}
id2 = Id{0x22660-->IdData{12345, refCount = 2}}

 Anonymous  Sep 2001
Printed Page 140
last paragraph

'We've also changed anArray.getElem(5).sanitize to ...'
should be:
'We've also changed anArray.getElem(5).sanitize() to ...'

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 152
3rd paragraph

Third line down, there is a comma that should be a period.

...being invoked, If you are invoking...
should read
...being invoked. If you are invoking...

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 200
last para.

"It`s also good idea" should be "It`s also a good idea".

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 209
About the Authors: para. 2 changed to

"Doug Brown is a consultant/contractor in Beavertown, Oregon. He has
been developing software for circuit simulation, synthesis, and testing
since 1977. Doug coauthored lex & yacc, another O'Reilly & Associates
Nutshell Handbook. He received an M.S. in electrical engineering from
the Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1976."

 Anonymous  May 1997
Printed Page 210
added the following to the end of the next-to-last para

Whenever possible, our books use RepKover (tm), a durable and flexible
lay-flat binding. If the page count exceeds RepKover's limit, perfect
binding is used.

 Anonymous  Mar 1998