Linked List Lab                

This lab concerns linked lists and dynamic memory allocation.                 

These are tasks, not questions to be answered. All that you turn in is the resultant code & Makefile.                 

1. Copy the directory ~cs253/Lab/LinkedList to a convenient place in your home directory.
2. Compile & link main.cc & ll.cc together into an executable named link.
3. Create a Makefile so that you won’t have to type g++ again. Use at least -Wall.
   • Its default target must be link. That is, if you just type make, it will create an executable program called link.
   • It is not acceptable to use a Makefile produced by cmake. That Makefile is tied to the directory you wrote it in, and so won’t work for anybody else. Instead, you must write your own Makefile.
4. Run the resultant executable ./link; observe how the program works. Reading the code may help.
5. Fix the memory leak in .remove().
6. Find uses of this->, which are always suspicious. Remove them. Does everything still work?
7. .initialize() methods often indicate that the author doesn’t understand constructors. Turn them into ctors.
8. Are your ctors using member initialization lists? Make them do so.
9. The method .remove() uses a pointer argument to return a value. C++ programmers prefer reference arguments to pointers. Change the method to use a reference argument, instead.
10. Add a method .print() that displays the list, with one space between each data item, and a newline after the last one. Note that there should not be a space after the last datum. Add another case (4. print) in main() that uses it.
11. Using .print() is tacky. Replace it with an overloaded << operator so you can use << on a LinkedList object, just like any other type.
12. Are there any remaining memory leaks? What happens when a LinkedList object is destroyed? Fix that.
13. Create a tar file link.tar containing your work:
    tar -cvf link.tar Makefile main.cc ll.cc ll.h
14. Create an empty directory and test your link.tar in it.

How to submit your work:                

In Canvas, check in the file link.tar to the assignment “Lab05”. It’s due 10:00:00ᴘᴍ MT Saturday, with a 24-hour late period for a 25% penalty.                 

How to receive negative points:                

Turn in someone else’s work.