October 25, Pavia, Italy
November 6-8, Berlin, Germany
November 3-8, Kona, HI, USA
By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 22, 2016 01:31 PM | Tags: c++11 basics
Always auto? Almost!
Aaargh! AAA – Right Good and Hygenic
by Stephen Kelly
From the article:
The idea of almost-always-
autohas been around for a few years and has fairly divided the C++ community. The effective result is that concrete types appear rarely in code, and variables are declared as ‘auto’ instead....
By Marco Arena | Mar 14, 2016 01:02 AM | Tags: c++14 basics
In this new post on Competitive Programming I explain some common idioms to deal with input and output:
C++ in Competitive Programming: I/O
by Marco Arena
From the article:
Very rarely I had to switch to C functions (e.g. scanf) or turn off the synchronization between C++ streams and standard C streams...
By Blog Staff | Mar 11, 2016 04:35 PM | Tags: None
A comprehensive trip report from the just-concluded ISO C++ meeting:
Trip report: Winter ISO C++ standards meeting
by Herb Sutter
From the article:
On March 5, the ISO C++ committee completed its winter meeting in Jacksonville, FL, USA. We had record-tying attendance, with over 110 experts officially representing eight national bodies. As usual, we met for six days Monday through Saturday, and around the clock from 8:30am till 10pm most days, after which many people still went back to hang out in the lobby or their rooms to update papers. — The hotel had a baby grand piano outside the main meeting room lobby, and so late at night you could often walk by and find one of several committee members playing a tune, while as usual people collaborated on their proposals, perched on couches and tables clustered around glowing rectangles, incanting standardese to the soft strains of Russian folk ballads and arena rock.
Here’s a summary of what happened, with some details about the current ISO C++ process so you can see just how the work is progressing and getting released. I’ve tried to add some links to the relevant feature design papers, or to the papers that summarize what was done which in turn usually carry more links to the design papers...
By Meeting C++ | Mar 10, 2016 08:18 AM | Tags: standardization experimental c++17 advanced
The last and final part about the current proposals for C++17:
C++17 and other future highlights of C++
by Jens Weller
From the article:
Welcome to the 3rd and last part about current proposals for C++17 and beyond...
By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 9, 2016 12:35 AM | Tags: community
A good sum up of the C++ world:
C++ Annotated: Dec – Feb edition
by Anastasia Kazakova
From the article:
In this edition:
- Conferences
- News & Stories
- Releases
By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 9, 2016 12:23 AM | Tags: intermediate community c++11
Explanations on the span:
Guidelines Support Library Review: span<T>
by Marius Bancila
From the article:
The Guidelines Support Library is a Microsoft implementation of some of the types and functions described in the C++ Core Guidelines maintained by the Standard C++ Foundation. Among the types provided by the GSL is
span<T>formerly known asarray_view<T>. This article is an introduction to this type.
By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 6, 2016 03:27 PM | Tags: None
A valid question to ask when writing functions:
Returning multiple values from functions in C++
by Eli Bendersky
From the article:
Since C++ has no built-in syntax for returning multiple values from functions and methods, programmers have been using a number of techniques to simulate this when needed, and the number has grown since the introduction of C++11. In this post I want to provide an overview of some of the options we have today for returning multiple values from functions, and possible future directions in the language...
By Meeting C++ | Mar 3, 2016 08:50 AM | Tags: standardization intermediate experimental c++17 advanced
The 2nd part of my series on proposals for C++17 deals with Technical Specifications:
C++17 and its Technical Specifications
by Jens Weller
From the article:
Part 2 of my series about the current proposals for C++17. This part is covering the Technical Specifications (TS), which are currently released. Some of them will make it into C++17. Those not making it into C++17...
By Meeting C++ | Mar 2, 2016 05:17 AM | Tags: community
The monthly overview on upcoming C++ User Group meetings at Meeting C++:
C++ User Group meetings in March 2016
by Jens Weller
From the article:
A new month, and more C++ User Groups are meeting! There are more details about running your own user group at the C++ User Group page of Meeting C++. My list of User Groups contains now 65 groups, which of the most have been active in the last year, some do not meet every month but most do. This month it is again 25 User Groups which have announced their meetings sofar!
During February I found 3 new C++ User Groups: Sofia, Hannover, Nantes.
The meetings...
By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 1, 2016 11:54 PM | Tags: intermediate c++11
One of C++ fundamentals explained:
Core C++ - lvalues and rvalues
by Anthony Williams
From the article:
One of the most misunderstood aspect of C++ is the use of the terms lvalue and rvalue, and what they mean for how code is interpreted. Though lvalue and rvalue are inherited from C, with C++11, this taxonomy was extended and clarified, and 3 more terms were added: glvalue, xvalue and prvalue. In this article I'm going to examine these terms, and explain what they mean in practice.
