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By Adrien Hamelin | Apr 8, 2016 12:49 PM | Tags: c++11 advanced
How will you move?
Sessions and object lifetimes
by Andrzej Krzemieński
From the article:
In this post we will see how C++ object lifetime can be used to control the duration of sessions: time spent owing and using a resource. The goal is to get a better understanding of what tools the language offers for using and sharing resources efficiently...
By Adrien Hamelin | Apr 8, 2016 12:43 PM | Tags: intermediate efficiency
What are the advantages?
Strings vs. Enumerators
by Arne Mertz
From the article:
Sometimes, a fixed set of string values is allowed as input. Often these string values are then stored, used for control flow etc. Enumerators are a better alternative...
By robwirving | Apr 8, 2016 06:34 AM | Tags: None
Episode 52 of CppCast the only podcast for C++ developers by C++ developers. In this episode Rob and Jason are joined by Günter Obiltschnig to discuss the macchina.io library for IoT C++ development.
CppCast Episode 52: Macchina.io with Günter Obiltschnig
by Rob Irving and Jason Turner
About the interviewee:
Günter is the founder of the POCO C++ Libraries and macchina.io open source projects. He has been programming computers since age 12. In his career he has programmed everything from 8-bit home computers (C64, MSX) to IBM big iron systems (COBOL and JCL, VM/CMS and CICS), various Unix systems, OpenVMS, Windows NT in its various incarnations, the Mac (classic Mac OS and OS X), to embedded devices and iPhone/iPad. He has a diploma (MSc. equivalent) in Computer Science from the University of Linz, Austria.
His current main interests are embedded systems, cross-platform C++ development, JavaScript and, foremost, the Internet of Things. When not working, he spends time with his family or enjoys one of his hobbies — sailing, running, swimming, skiing, listening to or making music, and reading.
By Meeting C++ | Apr 7, 2016 03:50 AM | Tags: intermediate conference community boost basics advanced
I announced Meeting C++ 2016 last week, and added a few more details this week:
Announcing Meeting C++ 2016
by Jens Weller
Further reading:
Call for Papers runs until May 27th
By Jon Kalb | Apr 7, 2016 03:30 AM | Tags: community
CppCon has announced its call for submission for 2016.
Call for Submission
The deadline for submissions is May 22nd and the conference face gathering for the entire C++ community. The conference is organized by the C++ community for the community and so we invite you to present.
By Andrey Karpov | Apr 6, 2016 05:27 AM | Tags: vulnerability security memset basics
We often need to store private data in programs, for example passwords, secret keys, and their derivatives, and we usually need to clear their traces in the memory after using them so that a potential intruder can't gain access to these data. In this article we will discuss why you can't clear private data using memset() function.
Safe Clearing of Private Data
by Roman Fomichev
From the article:
So, both gcc and clang decided to optimize our code. Since the memory is freed after calling the memset() function, the compilers treat this call as irrelevant and delete it.
By Marco Arena | Apr 5, 2016 05:28 AM | Tags: visual studio intermediate experimental
The async pattern needed to write UWP apps (or simply "Universal apps") is not so easy to grasp, especially in C++. Eric from the Visual C++ team explains how the experimental Coroutines feature available in Visual Studio 2015 helps simplify async UWP code:
Using C++ Coroutines to simplify async UWP code
From the article:
C++ Coroutines can simplify your async code, and make the code easy to understand, write, and maintain...
By Jason Turner | Apr 5, 2016 04:58 AM | Tags: None
Episode 5 of C++ Weekly with Jason Turner.
Intro To ChaiScript
by Jason Turner
About the show:
In this episode Jason shows some basic getting started with ChaiScript code and goes over some of the more interesting features of the language.
By Meeting C++ | Apr 5, 2016 02:37 AM | Tags: community
The monthly overview on upcoming User Group meetings, this time its 32 User Groups meeting!
C++ User Group Meetings in April
by Jens Weller
By Jon Kalb | Apr 3, 2016 11:40 AM | Tags: None
The C++ Now 2016 conference has a number of highlights this year.
C++ Now 2016 Hightlights
From the program:
C++17 is almost here and C++Now 2016 is offering sessions focused on specific C++17 features. Hear David Sankel on Variants, Nathan Myers on contracts support, and Alisdair Meredith on implementing tuple in C++17.