xcrypt questions

• call to constructor can be considered as function declaration?
• How to avoid excessive screen flickering with GDI
• Why do we use data structures? (when no dynamic allocation is needed)
• std::less<> not working with my std::map
• Hiding non-member functions in header files
• Is there reason we are able to define [static const int] in a class definition, but not other static const types? [duplicate]
• Can an object be considered as a variable?
• std::map unique std::less<> function for a 2D point as key
• Why do we not pass POD by reference in functions?
• difference between lock, memory barrier, semaphore

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