Tag: software bug
Joy of Programming: Fail Fast!
When a problem occurs in the software, it should fail immediately, in an easily noticeable way. This "fail fast" behaviour is desirable, and we'll...
Joy of Programming: Calling Virtual Functions from Constructors
Calling virtual functions from constructors is problematic, and this problem can manifest itself in many ways. In this column, we'll take a look at...
CodeSport
Welcome to CodeSport! In this month's column, we continue our discussion on memory access errors.
In last month's column, we had discussed a set of...
Joy of Programming: Penny Wise and Pound Foolish!
We often try to use a smaller data type to save space. Though it looks like clever programming, it can cause nasty bugs. Let’s...
