VHCL

Overview

VHCL is a set of libraries that provide cross platform common functionality for C/C++ projects, including file logging, memory tracking and leak detection, crash reporting, and an OpenAL audio interface

Quick facts:

• Location: https://svn.ict.usc.edu/svn_vh/trunk/.
• Project location(s): trunk/lib/vhcl
• Main developer: Ed Fast

Users

What can users do with it and how? Ideally, create subsections per capability, ideally in the form of performing actions ("Launching the application", "Adding a new response", etc.)

Developers

How can programmers modify or add functionality? 

Message API

Sends: None

Receives: None

Known Issues

FAQ

Link to the appropriate section in the main FAQ page.

A set of libraries developed within ICT to support general C++ development.

VHCL contains libraries for:

• A robust Assert() - using Pow2Assert
• A cross-platform audio interface, OpenAL implementation, Aria compatible
• Crash reporting functionality. Save out callstacks, email reporting.
• Logging functionality
• Memory tracking, leak detection
• Platform independent high-resolution timer
• Unification of platform dependent / specific features (windows.h, integer types, pragmas, warnings)

Some potential future additions:

• Math library (vector library, SIMD, SSE, etc)
• 64-bit support
• Unicode support
• Threading