Virtual, final and override in C++--Jonathan Boccara

By Adrien Hamelin | Feb 24, 2020 02:09 PM | Tags: c++11 basics

3 keywords that go together.

Virtual, final and override in C++

by Jonathan Boccara

From the article:

C++11 added two keywords that allow to better express your intentions with what you want to do with virtual functions: override and final. They allow to express your intentions both to fellow humans reading your code as well as to the compiler.

However, as we will see, the intention of override is super useful, but the intention of final… is harder to understand.

Both apply to virtual functions, which are the member functions of a base class that can be overridden by the classes that derive (inherit) from it...

Bjarne Stroustrup on C++20's significance

By Blog Staff | Feb 21, 2020 11:26 AM | Tags: None

The following are notes from Bjarne Stroustrup, regarding the completion of C++20 on Saturday and summarizing his comments to the committee in the room:

After the 79-0 vote deeming C++20 done on February 15, 2020 in Prague, I made a few comments to emphasize the significance of the event. I got to the lectern just after Herb Sutter had shown photos of the C++ standards committee members at the first meeting and the meetings that voted for the C++11, C++14, C++17, and C++20 standards. I was in all of those, so was Mike Miller from EDG and chair of the Core Working Group. We were the only ones in all photos. This is roughly what I said:

This is a historical event:

• 30 years of C++ standardization.
• 40 years of C++.
• C++20 is the 6^th standard, the 3^rd major standard; by “major” I mean “changes the way people think.”
• This is something like the 75^th meeting; I have been at about 70 of those.

I’d like to add a personal note. For me, C++20 is special because it has essentially all from “The Design and Evolution” (1994). In particular, it has concepts, modules, and coroutines:

• Concepts were not in D&E, but there were three pages of apologies for not having them. Then, neither I nor anyone else know how to design and implement them sufficiently well.
• Modules were just a dream then, but they were specifically mentioned – I dreamed of a day where we could finally eliminate the preprocessor.
• Coroutines were the  bread and butter for C++ during the first 10 years; they were missing in most other languages. I was sore having lost them to implementation problems on SPARC architecture.

In addition, we get improved concurrency and a library with ranges, dates, and span.

We (the C++ standards committee members) must be careful and responsible; we serve a huge community:

• Serve the community at large, rather than just experts – “keep simple things simple.”
• Be careful, the world changes; what seems essential or fashionable today may not be good in the longer term.
• Be pragmatic, not doctrinaire; pragmatic and principled.

This has guided the development of C++ so far. No, that’s not easy. We must balance many concerns. I suggest we:

• Pursue the goal of a completely resource-safe and type-safe C++.
• Support a wide variety of hardware well.
• Maintain C++’s record of stability (compatibility) – “stability is a feature” – as much as makes sense.

These aims have served C++ well throughout.

I wonder who’ll be here in 30 years? That’ll be 2050.

Thanks for listening. See you in Varna! (Varna is the location of the next ISO C++ Standards meeting).

Freestanding in Prague--Ben Craig

By Adrien Hamelin | Feb 20, 2020 01:59 PM | Tags: community

All you want to know.

Freestanding in Prague

by Ben Craig

From the article:

The C++ standards committee met in Prague, Czech Republic between Feb 10 and Feb 15. The standard is wording complete, and the only thing between here and getting it published is ISO process. As is typical for me at these meetings, I spent a lot of time doing freestanding things, Library Incubator (LEWGI) things, and minuting along the way (15-ish sessions/papers!)...

Move, simply--Herb Sutter

By Adrien Hamelin | Feb 20, 2020 01:56 PM | Tags: basics

No need to get complicated.

Move, simply

by Herb Sutter

From the article:

C++ “move” semantics are simple, but they are still widely misunderstood. This post is an attempt to shed light on that situation...

C++20: The Ranges Library--Rainer Grimm

By Adrien Hamelin | Feb 20, 2020 01:50 PM | Tags: c++20

One big of c++20.

C++20: The Ranges Library

by Rainer Grimm

From the article:

Thanks to the ranges library in C++20, working with the Standard Template Library (STL) will become much more comfortable and powerful. The algorithms of the ranges library are lazy, can work directly on the container and can easily be composed. To make it short: The comfort and the power of the ranges library are due to its functional ideas. Let me show you what that means...

CopperSpice: Moving to C++17

By Ansel Sermersheim | Feb 20, 2020 12:07 PM | Tags: None

New video on the CopperSpice YouTube Channel:

Moving to C++17

by Barbara Geller and Ansel Sermersheim

About the video:

In this video, we look at some of the significant improvements that were added to the language in C++17, and how they can apply to your code base. We also present some interesting questions you might want to ask, or be able to answer, in an interview for a position using C++17.

Please take a look and remember to subscribe!

Large-Scale C++: Process and Architecture --- John Lakos

By stephanakib | Feb 20, 2020 12:05 PM | Tags: None

Writing reliable and maintainable C++ software is hard. Designing such software at scale adds a new set of challenges. Creating large-scale systems requires a practical understanding of logical design — beyond the theoretical concepts addressed in most popular texts. To be successful on an enterprise scale, developers must also address physical design, a dimension of software engineering that may be unfamiliar even to expert developers. How do you do this?

Large-Scale C++ Volume I: Process and Architecture

by John Lakos

From the article:

Drawing on over 30 years of hands-on experience building massive, mission-critical enterprise systems, John Lakos lays the foundation for projects of all sizes and demonstrates the processes, methods, techniques, and tools needed for successful real-world, large-scale development.

Up to date and with a solid engineering focus, this book demonstrates fundamental design concepts with concrete examples.

This book, written for fellow software practitioners, uses familiar C++ constructs to solve real-world problems while identifying (and motivating) modern C++ alternatives.

C++20 is Done!

By Adrien Hamelin | Feb 18, 2020 01:07 PM | Tags: community

Houra!

C++20 is Done!

From the article:

C++20, the most impactful revision of C++ in a decade, is done! ������

Overload 155 is now available

By Adrien Hamelin | Feb 18, 2020 01:03 PM | Tags: community

ACCU’s Overload journal of February 2020 is out. It contains the following C++ related articles.

Overload 155 is now available

From the journal:

Members and Remembrances.
Remembering things can be difficult. Frances Buontempo reminisces on routes to erudition.

A line-to-line conversion from Node.js to Node.cpp.
Dmytro Ivanchykhin, Sergey Ignatchenko and Maxim Blashchuk show how we can get a 5x improvement in speed.

The Path of Least Resistance.
Python’s modules and imports can be overwhelming. Steve Love attempts to de-mystify the process.

Quick Modular Calculations(Part 2).
The minverse algorithm previously seen is fast but has limitations. Cassio Neri presents two alternatives.

A Secure Environment for Running Apps?.
Getting apps from the app store is easy. Alan Griffiths considers this from a security perspective.

Afterwood.
The centre half is more than a sporting term. Chris Oldwood shows us why.

A short video from Prague: C++20 is here!

By Blog Staff | Feb 18, 2020 09:46 AM | Tags: None

Here's a 9-minute taste of what it was like to be at the Prague meeting, with attendees talking about their favorite highlights of C++20...