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       Matthew's latest book, Extended STL, volume 1: Collections and Iterators,
       discusses principles and practices of STL extension, many of
       which are used in the implementation of the WinSTL libraries.
       It was published by Addison-Wesley in June 2007.
       You can order it from
       Amazon
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     | Sample Material
       For the moment, whet your appetite on the following sample elements:
       
 
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 Table of Contents
    
     | Part 1 - Class Types
       
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           | Chapter 1 - Enforcing Design: Constraints, Contracts and Assertions |  
           | Chapter 2 - Object Lifetime |  
           | Chapter 3 - Resource Encapsulation |  
           | Chapter 4 - Data Encapsulation And Value Types |  
           | Chapter 5 - Object Access Models |  
           | Chapter 6 - Scoping Classes |  |  |  
     | Part 2 - Surviving The Real World
       
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           | Chapter 7 - ABI |  
           | Chapter 8 - Object Across Borders |  
           | Chapter 9 - Dynamic Libraries |  
           | Chapter 10 - Threading |  
           | Chapter 11 - Statics |  
           | Chapter 12 - Optimisation |  |  |  
     | Part 3 - Language Concerns
       
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           | Chapter 13 - Types |  
           | Chapter 14 - Arrays And Pointers |  
           | Chapter 15 - Values |  
           | Chapter 16 - Keywords |  
           | Chapter 17 - Syntax |  
           | Chapter 18 - Typedefs |  |  |  
     | Part 4 - Cognisant Conversions
       
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           | Chapter 19 - Casts |  
           | Chapter 20 - Shims |  
           | Chapter 21 - Veneers |  
           | Chapter 22 - Bolt-ins |  
           | Chapter 23 - Template Constructors |  |  |  
     | Part 5 - Operators
       
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           | Chapter 24 - operator bool() |  
           | Chapter 25 - Fast, Non-intrusive String Concatenation |  
           | Chapter 26 - What's Your Address? |  
           | Chapter 27 - Subscript Operators |  
           | Chapter 28 - Increment Operators |  
           | Chapter 29 - Arithmetic Types |  
           | Chapter 30 - Short-circuit! |  |  |  
     | Part 6 - Extending C++
       
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           | Chapter 31 - Return Value Lifetime |  
           | Chapter 32 - Memory |  
           | Chapter 33 - Multidimensional Arrays |  
           | Chapter 34 - Functors & Ranges |  
           | Chapter 35 - Properties |  |  |  
     | Appendixes
       
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           | Appendix A - Compilers & Libraries |  
           | Appendix B - Watch that hubris! |  
           | Appendix C - Arturius |  
           | Appendix D - The CD |  |  |  
 Links to sample chapters from Imperfect C++
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