Yes, sometimes, it still can be used to get the same value, sometimes it does not. Sometimes, you will get a segmentation error. The language does not check the validity of the pointer. The programmer is responsible to use the pointers responsiblely. That is one problem of c/c++, which are not a safe language, but it is highly efficient! The following sample program will demonstrate the concepts.

It is the programmer's responsibility to make sure your recursion code have a exit point!!! See the following code (borrowed from above question), no compiling errors, no linking errors, but the program will never print out the "after". struct Node { int num; Node *next; Node() { next = new Node(); //Infinite recursion!!! } }; int main() { printf("before\n"); Node a; //run out of memory, soon be dead! printf("after\n"); }

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Some people feel you should not use the this pointer in a constructor because the object is not fully formed yet. However you can use this in the constructor (in the {body} and even in the initialization list) if you are careful. Here is something that always works: the {body} of a constructor (or a function called from the constructor) can reliably access the data members declared in a base class and/or the data members declared in the constructor's own class.

If they have not been completely overwritten, yes. If partly overwritten, maybe. If the file was fragmented before it was deleted, recovery may be very difficult. On whole, we can recover many instances of deleted data. The probability of success depends upon the specific circumstances. These include the type of data, the length of time since its deletion and the activity on the computer since its deletion, among other factors.

Data on a computer is normally stored in files that are organized into directories (or folders) and subdirectories (folders within other folders). When a file is deleted, its data is not actually erased. All that happens is that the space where the file's data is stored is marked as "available to be reused." But, unless another files comes along and usurps the first file's data space, that data remains there to be found. Often the next files to be stored are stored somewhere else.

A pointer is the arrow you use to choose things on screen. Since the Shortcut is simply a pointer to a specific program or file, you can delete the shortcut or remove it from the Desktop without actually deleting the program or file.

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No. A null pointer is a pointer where all of the address bits are zero (no matter what the segment bits are), and can be obtained by typing '(char *) (int) 0'. A null statement is not a pointer to anything. They are not interchangeable, although you can combine them to get an effectively-null statement, such as NULL;. This does not buy you anything. [a] Send large donations, checks, and money orders to the author of the FAQ, or the moderator of the group, whichever you prefer.

This code is actually the same as GoF's book. The singleton pattern is from many many programmers' industrial practice. Don't change it unless you are abosolute sure what you are doing. Just think a scenario, you have several huge different singletons using 2M or more memory each, and they are only needed in ~5 minutes once or once a day, however, your program is going to run 5 years continuously by 24*7.

When you call free, the memory pointed to by the passed pointer is freed, but the value of the pointer in the caller probably remains unchanged, because C's pass-by-value semantics mean that called functions never permanently change the values of their arguments. (See also question 4.8.) A pointer value which has been freed is, strictly speaking, invalid, and any use of it, even if it is not dereferenced (i.e.

Many programmers believe that NULL should be used in all pointer contexts, as a reminder that the value is to be thought of as a pointer. Others feel that the confusion surrounding NULL and 0 is only compounded by hiding 0 behind a macro, and prefer to use unadorned 0 instead. There is no one right answer. (See also questions 9.4 and 17.10.) C programmers must understand that NULL and 0 are interchangeable in pointer contexts, and that an uncast 0 is perfectly acceptable.

Note: #define macros are evil in 4 different ways: evil#1, evil#2, evil#3, and evil#4. But they're still useful sometimes. Feel ashamed, feel guilty, but when an evil construct like a macro improves your software, use it.