Quick notes to C programmers

instead of macros use

• const or enum to define constants
• inline to prevent function call overload
• template to declare families of type and families of functions 
  
  
• use new/delete instead of free/malloc (use delete[] for arrays) 
  
  
• don't use void* and pointer arithmetic 
  
  
• an explicit type conversion reveals an error of conception. 
  
  
• avoid to use C style tables, use vectors instead. 
  
  
• don't recode what is already available in the C++ standard library. 
  
  
• variables can be declared anywhere: initialization can be done when variable is required. 
  
  
• whenever a pointer cannot be zero, use a reference. 
  
  
• when using derived class, destructors should be virtual.