C++ for Embedded Development
summary
Argues C++ is practical on constrained devices by naming compiler flags, library choices and measured costs: use -fno-exceptions and -fno-rtti to avoid unwanted overhead, choose GCC or Clang and libstdc++ vs libc++ by license, and prefer RAII/unique_ptr over manual goto cleanup. Shows a kernel-like function rewritten with exceptions and RAII increasing binary data by only 16 bytes plus an unwind table, and demonstrates performance/size wins from vector vs linked list and modern features (lambdas, move semantics) for safer, efficient embedded code.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Intro
- 5:14The Question
- 6:57C is more complex
- 8:03C is designed around you
- 11:30C hides things
- 14:22Using templates
- 16:28Compilers
- 21:25Missing Prototypes
- 24:00Casting
- 25:46Void pointers
- 27:21Cast operators
- 29:41Classes
- 32:17Overloads
- 34:39Linux Kernel
- 36:37Resource Acquisition
- 40:33Containers
- 46:56Exceptions
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