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C++ Core Guidelines: Rules for Template Metaprogramming

January 3, 2019

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Yes, you read it correctly. Today, I write about template metaprogramming, programming with types and…

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CppDepend – A Review

December 30, 2018

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In my concurrency class, I use more than 60 programs. Most of the programs consist of a single source…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Rules for Variadic Templates

December 27, 2018

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Variadic templates are a typical feature of C++: from the user's perspective, they are easy to use, but…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Rules for Templates and Hierarchies

December 16, 2018

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Due to the C++ core guidelines, "Templates are the backbone of C++’s support for generic programming…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Ordering of User-Defined Types

December 9, 2018

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My post for today is just loosely coupled to the rules of the C++ core guidelines because they do provide…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Template Definitions

December 3, 2018

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Template definitions deal with guidelines that are specific to a template implementation. This means,…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Surprises with Argument-Dependent Lookup

November 28, 2018

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There is, in particular, one rule left to template interfaces which are quite interesting: T.47: Avoid…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Regular and SemiRegular Types

November 22, 2018

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The topic for today is quite important when you create your type: Regular and SemiRegular types. Here…

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Meeting Embedded and Meeting C++ 2018

November 14, 2018

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Last week I was at two conferences in Berlin: Meeting Embedded and Meeting C++. Here are my impressions…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Template Interfaces

November 8, 2018

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This post is about template interfaces due to the C++ core guidelines: "...a critical concept", because…

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std::executionNovember 18, 2024 - 9:03 am
std::execution, previously known as executors or Senders/Receivers, provides “a Standard C++ framework for managing asynchronous execution on generic execution resources“. (P2300R10) Side Note Change of plans. My original plan was to present the C++26 library after the core language. However, the implementation status of the library is not good enough. Therefore, I decided to continue […]
C++26 Core Language: Small ImprovementsNovember 4, 2024 - 8:34 am
There are more small improvements in the C++26 language, which you should know. static_assert extension First, here’s the syntax of static_assert in C++11: static_assert(compile time predicate, unevaluated string) With C++26, the string can be a user-defined type having the following properties: static_assert can now be used with a format string. Here’s a nice example from […]
Placeholders and Extended Character SetOctober 28, 2024 - 10:19 am
Placeholders are a nice way to highlight variables that are no longer needed. Additionally, the character set of C++26 will be extended. Placeholders Structured bindings are a C++17 feature that allows you to bind multiple variables to the elements of a structured object. The following program demonstrates using tuples and structured bindings to return and […]
Contracts in C++26October 21, 2024 - 9:54 am
Contracts allow you to specify preconditions, postconditions, and invariants for functions. Contracts should already be part of C++20 but were removed in the standard meeting in Cologne. Here is what Herb Sutter said about contracts on Sutter’s Mill: “contracts is the most impactful feature of C++20 so far, and arguably the most impactful feature we […]
Reflection in C++26: Determine the LayoutOctober 14, 2024 - 9:42 am
Thanks to reflection, you can determine the layout of types. My examples are based on the reflection proposal P2996R5. Class Layout The following program determines the class layout of a few members. // classLayout.cpp #include <experimental/meta> #include <iostream> #include <utility> #include <vector> #include <array> struct member_descriptor { std::size_t offset; std::size_t size; bool operator==(member_descriptor const&) const […]
Reflection in C++26: Metafunctions for Enums and ClassesOctober 7, 2024 - 1:53 pm
Today, I continue my journey through reflection in C++26 and play with enums and classes. The names of the metafunctions to access an Enum or a Class member are often identical. Access the Members of an Enum The following program is based on one by Daveed Vandevoorde. Daveed is one of the fathers of reflection, […]