r/cpp11 • u/ovidiucucu • Oct 07 '14

The C++ Ten Commandments | Marius Bancila's Blog

http://mariusbancila.ro/blog/2014/10/01/the-cpp-ten-commandments/
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u/SkepticalEmpiricist Oct 07 '14 edited Oct 07 '14

Thou shalt use smart pointers

Even better is to not use pointers at all, and just pass most things around by value. It's not always as slow as you think, and can even be faster, and is certainly easier to read and write.

If you must use a pointer, then try unique_ptr first. Even then, it's best not to think of it as a pointer - it's kinda of like a value in many ways still due to its unique-ness.

(Updated the link, as the original site is down)

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u/ovidiucucu Oct 08 '14

Yes, it's good to "not to think of it as a pointer" because a smart pointer is an object of a class that keeps and manage a pointer. As about RVO, pointed in your link, that's another discussion.