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An update on the Meeting C++ Workshop Day

By Meeting C++ | Jul 25, 2016 08:09 AM | Tags: training intermediate experimental boost

I finally can announce that the workshops will end with talks by James McNellis and Michael Caisse:

An Update on the workshop day

by Jens Weller

From the article:

Michael Caisse - boost.fusion: power to the tuples

    Tuples provide heterogeneous, compile-time containers; however, they can be difficult to use at run-time. Boost.Fusion brings together compile-time and run-time semantics to produce the STL of the meta-programming world. It is the machinery behind several Boost libraries and is a common element in many of the solutions provided by Ciere Consulting.


James McNellis - Practical C++ Coroutines

    One of the most interesting new features being proposed for C++ standardization is coroutines, formerly known as “resumable functions”. C++ coroutines are designed to be highly scalable, highly efficient (no overhead), and highly extensible, while still interacting seamlessly with the rest of the C++ language.

CppCon 2015 Parallelizing the C++ Standard Template Library--Grant Mercer & Danial Bourgeois

By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 22, 2016 01:41 PM | Tags: performance experimental

Have you registered for CppCon 2016 in September? Don’t delay – Registration is open now.

While we wait for this year’s event, we’re featuring videos of some of the 100+ talks from CppCon 2015 for you to enjoy. Here is today’s feature:

Parallelizing the C++ Standard Template Library

by Grant Mercer & Danial Bourgeois

(watch on YouTube) (watch on Channel 9)

Summary of the talk:

As the era of frequency scaling comes to an end, multi-core parallelism has become an essential focal point in computational research. Mainstream languages, however, have not yet adapted to take full advantage of parallelism provided by the hardware. While new languages such as Rust and Swift are catching on and implementing multi-core algorithms in their libraries, C++ has only started to do so. A parallel Standard Library could bring with it many positive features that users can begin taking advantage of.

This talk will focus around two standards proposals, N4409 and N4406. N4409 outlines the details of a parallel Standard Library and features of these new parallel algorithms. The complementary N4406 outlines abstractions to take advantage of various mechanisms for parallel execution. We will cover the reasons why the new Standard Library would be beneficial to C++ users and our experience implementing these algorithms in HPX. The presentation will address what exactly the two proposals define, the challenges we faced, and the results we collected. In addition, we will discuss extensions made to these proposals and the C++11/14 standard in HPX to support these semantics in a distributed environment.

Enum Bitfields: A Gentle Introduction to SFINAE

By Jon Kalb | Jul 22, 2016 09:20 AM | Tags: None

Jon Kalb's talk at the New York C++ Developer meetup based on Anthony Williams' article in Overload is now online:

Using enum structs as bitfields (slides)

by Jon Kalb

From the description:

Jon Kalb gave a talk on Enum Bitfields at the New York C++ Developers group 2016-07-12. The talk was based on an article by Anthony Williams that is a gentle introduction to SFINAE. It includes a few nice library development pointers.

 

 

CppCast Episode 64: Modules with Gabriel Dos Reis

By robwirving | Jul 22, 2016 07:25 AM | Tags: None

Episode 64 of CppCast the only podcast for C++ developers by C++ developers. In this episode Rob and Jason are joined by Gabriel Dos Reis, Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft to discuss C++ Modules.

CppCast Episode 64: Modules with Gabriel Dos Reis

by Rob Irving and Jason Turner

About the interviewee:

Gabriel Dos Reis is a Principal Software Development Engineer at Microsoft. He is also a researcher and a longtime member of the C++ community. His research interests include programming tools for dependable software. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. Dr. Dos Reis was a recipient of the 2012 National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research in compilers for dependable computational mathematics and educational activities.

Parameter or Argument?--Malte Langkabel

By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 21, 2016 02:04 PM | Tags: basics

Did you know the difference?

Parameter or Argument?

by Malte Langkabel

From the article:

I often hear people getting confused when talking about parameters and arguments. That confusion grows even stronger when one of them knows the difference but the other one doesn’t. So let’s shed some light on this issue and spread the knowledge! Programming involves talking to each other but that doesn’t have to be more painful than it already is wink

N4607: 2017-07-10-15 ISO WG21 C++ Standard Meeting in Toronto -- Michael Wong

By Blog Staff | Jul 21, 2016 09:31 AM | Tags: None

A new WG21 paper is available. If you are not a committee member, please use the comments section below or the std-proposals forum for public discussion.

Document number: N4607

Date: 2016-07-18

2017-07-10-15 ISO WG21 C++ Standard Meeting in Toronto

by Michael Wong

Excerpt:

The 2017 summer meeting of WG21 is being hosted at the University of Toronto, in Canada on July 1015, 2017, Monday to Saturday (inclusive).

CLion 2016.2 released: Remote GDB debug, Doxygen, operators generation

By Anastasia Kazakova | Jul 20, 2016 04:21 PM | Tags: None

CLion 2016.2 released: Remote GDB debug, Doxygen, operators generation

by Anastasia Kazakova

Main highlights from the announcement:

This is our second release of 2016, building on the idea of releasing more often and bringing you the latest features faster. With many new fantastic tools, CLion can help you become a true C++ rockstar:
  • Inspect code more efficiently thanks to improved performance of debugger drivers, the remote GDB debug possibility and LLDB on Linux.
  • Keep your code well-documented with Doxygen support (and thus reduce maintainability costs). Get more out of Doxygen comments stub generation.
  • Save time on typing, with equality, relational and stream output operators generation, with many flexible options on board.
  • Rely on code formatting - use new LLDB and LLVM code styles.
  • Work with CMake project model more easily thanks to Rename and Safe delete refactoring support in CMake.

CppChat - Slashing on C++--Jon Kalb

By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 20, 2016 02:16 PM | Tags: experimental

The first video of CppChat is here:

CppChat - Slashing on C++

by Jon Kalb

From the description:

A live conversation about the latest in the C++ world. This week we'll be talking about Oulu, C++17, CppCon, and the latest conversations on C++.

We'll be featuring Bryce Adelstein Lelbach, Michael Caisse, and Jon Kalb. Bryce will be overflowing about his trip to Oulu, Jon will be overflowing about CppCon, and Michael will keep us on track.

This is our first time so it is likely to be very rough. But you'll join us for the content, not the polish.