PROJECT
NAME
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A "Fruity" Approach to Memory
Management in C++
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A Pattern for Object Encapsulation
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DATE & STATUS
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October 1994 - March 1995, May 1995 This
project originates from work I did to participate in youth science fairs. The first report
was written in German for the national contest of Schweizer
Jugend forscht![[EXTERNAL]](../../images/leave-site.gif) . It underwent a major revision and was rewritten in English for the
participation in the European Youth Science fair, where it won a third prize. |
DESCRIPTION
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The main elements are some C++ classes which extremely
simplify memory management. By providing automatic reference-counting, memory can be
correctly free'd when objects go out of scope. The first paper (in
German) also contained an attempted math framework (symbolic derivation etc.) and a
container class library (strings, stacks and bags etc.) based on the new memory management
features. These chapters were all dropped in the final paper (in English) to concentrate
on the core issue. |
TECHNOLOGIES
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 | low-level C++ framework |
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LOOKING BACK
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Techniques such as what I called "shell /
fruit" pattern are not entirely new to the C++ community. James Coplien describes a
"letter / envelope" idiom in his book "Advanced C++ Programming Styles and
Idioms, Addison-Wesley 1992" which is very similar. The point about this project is
that I figured out something similar to a well-known C++ expert without knowing about his
work. (I was told about on the youth science fair by one of the judges.) Chapter §3.3 of
my paper has a short comparison. |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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I wish to thank "Schweizer Jugend forscht"
and the "European Union
Young Scientists Contest for giving me motivation to work on this project and R.
Christen for explaining to me how to write a clear & concise scientific project paper. |
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