Martin questions

• Why does Stroustrup's book demonstrate default function template arguments, which weren't allowed at the time?
• Why can std::map::emplace usage leak memory?
• Elegant solution to remove trailing 0's with precision set
• Is it legal to statically link libstdc++ and libgcc in a binary-only application? [closed]
• Throwing from a C++ function called from a C function via pointer dereference
• Understanding a boost executor example
• Why is it necessary to explicitly call Myclass::operator string() with std::string::operator+()?
• static free functions or member functions for helpers?
• Considerations about move semantic for a type
• Are standard iterator operations allowed to throw?

Martin answers