C++ Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic: Preface

C++ Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic

by Valluru B. Rao

MTBooks, IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.

ISBN: 1558515526   Pub Date: 06/01/95

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Writing C++ Programs

Before one starts writing a C++ program for a particular problem, one has to have a clear picture of the

various parameters and variables that would be part of the problem definition and/or its solution. In addition,

it should be clear as to what manipulations need to be performed during the solution process. Then one

carefully determines what classes are needed and what relationships they have to each other in a hierarchy of

classes. Think about is−a and has−a relationships to see where classes need to defined, and which classes

could be derived from others. It would be far more clear to the programmer at this point in the program plan

what the data and function access specifications should be and so on. The typical compilation error messages

a programmer to C++ may encounter are stating that a particular function or data is not a member of a

particular class, or that it is not accessible to a class, or that a constructor was not available for a particular

class. When function arguments at declaration and at the place the function is called do not match, either for

number or for types or both, the compiler thinks of them as two different functions. The compiler does not

find the definition and/or declaration of one of the two and has reason to complain. This type of error in one

line of code may cause the compiler to alert you that several other errors are also present, perhaps some in

terms of improper punctuation. In that case, remedying the fundamental error that was pointed out would

straighten many of the other argued matters.

The following list contains a few additional particulars you need to keep in mind when writing C++ programs.