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• Rabinowitz ... [29.17], [37.7]
• RAII (Resource Acquisition Is Initialization) (see also under Exceptions) ... [6.18], [17.6], [17.7]
• raise() methods ... [17.16]
• Ralston ... [29.17], [37.7]
• rand() ... [17.14]
• Read declarations right-to-left pointers ... [18.4], [18.5]
• Read declarations right-to-left references ... [18.6]
• Reader/writer conflicts; Multi-threading and ... [36.12]
• realloc(): reallocating memory; see also Freestore ... [16.5]
• Recent changes to this document ... [4]
• Reciprocal: Friendship privileges are not ... [14.4]
• Redefining non-virtuals ... [23.8], [23.9]
• Reference counting
  • Copy on write in ... [16.23], [16.24]
  • Pointer semantics in ... [16.22]
  • Preventing subversion of ... [16.25]
  • Reference semantics for a hierarchy in ... [16.24]
  • Reference semantics in ... [16.23]
• Reference semantics ... [31], [31.7], [31.8]
• Reference semantics for a hierarchy in reference counting ... [16.24]
• Reference semantics in reference counting ... [16.23]
• Reference-to-const (Const correctness) ... [18.6], [26.13]
• References ... [8]
  • Assigning ... [8.2]
  • const ... [18.1], [18.6]
  • Not a dereferenced NULL pointer ... [8.7]
  • Passing by ... [8.1]
  • Pointers contrasted to ... [8.5], [8.6]
  • Read declarations right-to-left ... [18.6]
  • Reseating ... [8.5], [18.7], [18.8]
  • Returning ... [8.3], [8.4], [10.20], [26.13]
• References contrasted to pointers ... [8.5], [8.6]
• Referent ... [8.2], [8.5], [31.2], [34.6]
• Rely on specification, not implementation ... [21.12]
• remembering bad state and std::istream (input/output) ... [15.6]
• renew: reallocating memory ... [16.5]
• Reply-To: line of a posting (see also Netiquette) ... [5.4]
• Requires discipline and rigor (see also under Exceptions) ... [17.5]
• Reseating a reference ... [8.5], [18.7], [18.8]
• Reseating references ... [8.5], [18.7], [18.8]
• Resources, External
  • Bjarne Stroustrup's web site ... [29.4]
  • Borland free C++ compiler ... [38.1]
  • British Informatics Olympiad ... [29.2]
  • C++ Libraries FAQ ... [37.9]
  • Ccdoc ... [40.1]
  • Cfront C++ compiler ... [38.13]
  • Cygwin ... [38.5]
  • Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ... [29.2]
  • Digital Mars free C++ compiler ... [38.1]
  • DJGPP free C++ compiler ... [38.1]
  • Doc++ ... [40.1]
  • Doxygen ... [40.1]
  • Garbage collectors ... [16.27], [16.28]
  • Grammar for C++ ... [38.11]
  • Industrial Strength C++ ... [27.13]
  • International Obfuscated C Coding Contest ... [27.14]
  • Lgrind ... [40.3]
  • LLVM C++ compiler ... [38.13]
  • Microsoft C++ freely downloadable command-line compiler ... [38.1]
  • MinGW ... [38.5]
  • MinGW free C++ compiler ... [38.1]
  • On floating point arithmetic ... [29.17]
  • PERCEPS ... [40.1]
  • STL Error-Message filter ... [35.17]
  • Techi-Warehouse ... [5.9]
  • The Correct C++ Tutorial ... [29.21]
  • University of Valladolid Programming Contest Site ... [29.2]
• Resumés ... [5.11]
• Resurrecting objects from a stream of bits ... [36.1]
• Retrofitting const correctness is hard (Const correctness) ... [18.3]
• Return codes
  • Avoiding using the return-code-mindset with real exceptions ... [17.7]
  • Can't be used from constructors ... [17.8]
  • Clutters code that needs to propagate error information up the stack ... [17.2]
  • Merges the control flow — "good (happy) path" vs. "bad path" ... [17.4]
  • Merges the return types — "successful result" vs. "error information" ... [17.3]
  • Using try / catch / throw instead ... [17.1]
• Return on investment ... [19.9]
• Return type ... [39.9]
• Return type from functions ... [26.13]
• Return-by-value optimization ... [10.9]
• Return-by-value optimization extended to local variables ... [10.10]
• Returning a reference ... [8.3], [8.4], [10.20], [26.13]
• Returning pointers ... [26.13]
• Returning references ... [8.3], [8.4], [10.20], [26.13]
• Rich-text postings: don't! ... [5.4]
• Right/left: moving const as far to the right as possible ... [18.8], [18.9]
• Rigor and discipline: exception handling requires ... [17.5]
• Ripple effect: Minimize it! ... [8.8]
• ROI ... [19.9]
• Romanian translation of this document ... [2.13]
• Rome; When in Rome, do as the Romans ... [17.14]
• Row-major order ... [13.11], [13.12]
• RRID (Resource Reclamation Is Destruction) (see also under Exceptions) ... [6.18]
• RTFM (Acronym) ... [5.1]
• rtfm.mit.edu ... [5.14]
• Rules of thumb ... [27]
  • Assignment operators check assignment-to-self ... [12.1], [27.10]
  • Assignment operators return *this ... [27.10]
  • Assignment operators use const ... [27.10]
  • Avoid arrays ... [16.17], [17.11], [21.5], [34.1]
  • Avoid bizarre syntax ... [27.14]
  • Avoid casting Derived** → Base** ... [21.2]
  • Avoid casting Foo** → Foo const** ... [18.17]
  • Avoid casting pointers ... [16.25], [18.17], [21.2], [23.12], [27.11], [30.2], [30.3], [37.5]
  • Avoid char* (use a string-like class instead) ... [13.6], [17.11]
  • Avoid converting array-of-Derived → kind-of Array-of-Base ... [21.4]
  • Avoid Derived** → Base**, Casting ... [21.2]
  • Avoid dynamically typed libraries ... [37.5]
  • Avoid explicitly calling destructors (sometimes okay) ... [11.10]
  • Avoid explicitly calling destructors on local objects ... [11.5], [11.6]
  • Avoid Foo** → Foo const**, Casting ... [18.17]
  • Avoid hiding inherited public features ... [21.1], [21.6], [21.7], [21.8], [21.9], [23.9]
  • Avoid hiding nested identifiers ... [39.8]
  • Avoid macros ... [9.5], [29.11], [30.3], [39.4], [39.5], [39.6]
  • Avoid missing virtual on some base class dtors ... [20.7]
  • Avoid mixing malloc() and delete ... [16.3]
  • Avoid mixing new and free() ... [16.3]
  • Avoid mixing new T[n] with delete p ... [16.12], [16.13], [26.11]
  • Avoid mixing realloc() and new ... [16.5]
  • Avoid overabundance of try/catch blocks ... [17.7]
  • Avoid passing array-of-Derived as array-of-Base ... [21.4], [21.5]
  • Avoid pointer casts ... [16.25], [18.17], [21.2], [23.12], [27.11], [30.2], [30.3], [37.5]
  • Avoid preprocessor ... [29.8]
  • Avoid unnecessary global variables ... [33.2], [39.8]
  • Avoid unnecessary use of "dumb" pointers ... [34.6]
  • Avoid zombie objects ... [17.8]
  • Bloodshed, Jihads, and Heat vs. Light ... [27.1]
  • Coding standards are never sufficient ... [27.2]
  • Coding standards are sometimes necessary ... [27.2]
  • const_cast ... [18.13]
  • Constructors should throw exceptions on failure ... [17.8]
  • Copy constructors use const ... [27.10]
  • Declare near first use ... [27.7]
  • Design classes from the outside-in ... [13.13]
  • Don't base C++ standards on C standards ... [27.3], [34.1]
  • Don't test for NULL after new ... [16.6]
  • Don't test for NULL before delete ... [16.8]
  • Explicitly calling destructors (don't!) ... [11.9]
  • Header filename extensions ... [27.9]
  • Identifier naming conventions ... [27.12]
  • Initialization lists ... [10.6], [26.8], [27.10]
  • Law of the Big Three ... [16.17], [27.10]
  • Macros that contain if ... [39.4]
  • Macros that contain multiple lines ... [39.5]
  • Macros that perform token pasting ... [39.6]
  • main() returns int, not void ... [5.8], [29.3]
  • Multiple inheritance ... [25.4]
  • Never throw exceptions from a dtor ... [17.9]
  • Operator overloading ... [27.10]
  • Prefer ++i over i++ ... [13.15]
  • Source filename extensions ... [27.8]
  • static at file-scope (don't!) ... [7.5]
  • The Ellemtel coding guidelines ... [27.13]
  • Todd Hoff's coding guidelines ... [27.13]
  • Use a std::string object rather than a char* ... [13.6], [17.11]
  • Use delete[] for arrays ... [16.12]
  • Use of the ternary ?: operator ... [27.6]
  • virtual destructors ... [20.7], [27.10]
  • Whitespace pseudo-standards ... [29.10]
• Rules of thumb for when and how (see also Operator overloading) ... [13.9]
• Rules vs. guidelines ... [6.16], [6.17], [9.3], [17.5], [17.8], [18.8], [18.9], [19.8], [21.8], [23.3], [23.4], [25.2], [25.3], [25.5], [25.6], [29.7], [29.11], [36.2], [36.3], [36.5], [36.6]
• Run-time performance (see also under Templates) ... [35.23]
• Runtime crashes without any warning ... [11.5], [11.6], [16.2], [16.3], [16.5], [16.12], [16.13], [17.11], [20.7], [21.1], [21.4], [21.5], [26.11], [34.1], [39.8]
• runtime_error (see also under Exceptions) ... [17.12]
• Russian translation of this document ... [2.14]