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Table of Contents:

• [1] Copying permissions
• [2] On-line sites that distribute this document
• [3] C++-FAQ-Book versus C++-FAQ-Lite  Updated! 
• [4] Recent changes to this document  Updated! 
• [5] Netiquette when posting to comp.lang.c++
• [6] Big Picture issues
• [7] Classes and objects  Updated! 
• [8] References
• [9] Inline functions  Updated! 
• [10] Constructors
• [11] Destructors
• [12] Assignment operators
• [13] Operator overloading
• [14] Friends
• [15] Input/output via <iostream> and <cstdio>
• [16] Freestore management  Updated! 
• [17] Exceptions and error handling
• [18] Const correctness
• [19] Inheritance — basics
• [20] Inheritance — virtual functions  Updated! 
• [21] Inheritance — proper inheritance and substitutability
• [22] Inheritance — abstract base classes (ABCs)
• [23] Inheritance — what your mother never told you  Updated! 
• [24] Inheritance — private and protected inheritance
• [25] Inheritance — multiple and virtual inheritance  New! 
• [26] Built-in / intrinsic / primitive data types  Updated! 
• [27] Coding standards
• [28] Learning OO/C++
• [29] Newbie Questions / Answers
• [30] Learning C++ if you already know Smalltalk
• [31] Reference and value semantics
• [32] How to mix C and C++
• [33] Pointers to member functions
• [34] Container classes and templates  Updated! 
• [35] Serialization and Unserialization  New! 
• [36] Class libraries  Updated! 
• [37] Compiler dependencies  Updated! 
• [38] Miscellaneous technical issues  Updated! 
• [39] Miscellaneous environmental issues  Updated! 

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