- Never use C style strings or arrays directly.
- Prefer STL data structures for memory management (unique_ptr , shared_ptr and others)
- Don't use C style enums (class enums are type safe)
- Don't use C casts
- When dealing with C libraries, always wrap them in safe C++ wrappers with safety invariants
- Always enable bounds checking for vectors, strings and iterators on debug builds.
- Always use references for pointer parameters that aren't supposed to be null
- Make effective use of RAII
Basically all boils down to don't program in C++ as if it was C with extras.
- Never use C style strings or arrays directly.
- Prefer STL data structures for memory management (unique_ptr , shared_ptr and others)
- Don't use C style enums (class enums are type safe)
- Don't use C casts
- When dealing with C libraries, always wrap them in safe C++ wrappers with safety invariants
- Always enable bounds checking for vectors, strings and iterators on debug builds.
- Always use references for pointer parameters that aren't supposed to be null
- Make effective use of RAII
Basically all boils down to don't program in C++ as if it was C with extras.