Chapter 13 Exercise Set 0: Chapter Review

1. Create a directory named Cards and download src.tgz into this directory. Run:

   tar xzvf src.tgz
   

   in the unix command shell to extract the directory containing the following source files:

   • Cards.h

   • Cards.cpp

   • random.h

   • random.cpp

   • test_random.cpp

   • test_cards.cpp

   • test_decks.cpp

   You can remove the .tgz file after extracting it.

2. Add a file named Makefile in the Cards directory (along side the src subdirectory) with the following contents:

   CC=g++
   STD=c++11
   
   build/%.o: src/%.cpp
   	@mkdir -p build
   	@$(CC) -MM -MT $@ $< > build/$*.d
   	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< -std=$(STD)
   
   build/test_random: build/test_random.o build/random.o 
   	$(CC) -o $@ $^ -std=$(STD)
   
   build/test_cards: build/test_cards.o build/random.o build/Cards.o
   	$(CC) -o $@ $^ -std=$(STD)
   
   build/test_decks: build/test_decks.o build/random.o build/Cards.o 
   	$(CC) -o $@ $^ -std=$(STD) 
   
   -include build/*.d
   
   .PHONY: test all clean
   
   test_random: build/test_random
   	./build/test_random
   
   test_cards: build/test_cards
   	./build/test_cards
   
   test_decks: build/test_decks
   	./build/test_decks
   
   test: test_random test_cards test_decks
   
   clean:
   	rm -rf build
   

3. Assuming you have Make installed on your system, you should now be able to run the following commands:

   - make test_random
   - make test_cards
   - make test_decks
   - make test
   - make clean
   

   Try each of these to see what they do.

4. Take a look at the tests in test_random.cpp. How do they “test” that the function behaves as desired? Can you think of any possible problems with the approach taken?