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Twitter for C++ Programmers--Andrey Karpov

This small post is for those programmers who use Twitter or are just about to start doing this. I'm sure developers will find some useful information here.

Twitter for C++ Programmers

by Andrey Karpov

From the article:

So, you are a C++ programmer. If you are wondering if you can find something interesting for yourself on Twitter, I have a few tips for you.

for_each_argument -- Sean Parent

Sean Parent just published via Twitter this amazing short piece of code.

for_each_argument

by Sean Parent

The code is:

template <class F, class... Args>
void for_each_argument(F f, Args&&... args) {
    [](...){}((f(std::forward<Args>(args)), 0)...);
}

A Casting Show -- Arne Metz

In this next article Arne Mertz describes different type casts.

A Casting Show

by Arne Mertz

From the article:

In C++ there are two ways of type conversions: implicit and explicit type conversions. The latter are called type casts and they are what this post is about.

Visual C++ 2015 Brings Modern C++ to the Windows API--Kenny Kerr

Kenny Kerr's article in MSDN Magazine describes how Modern C++ can be used with Windows API to develop efficient and elegant libraries:

Visual C++ 2015 Brings Modern C++ to the Windows API

by Kenny Kerr

From the article:

It’s somewhat ironic that C++ is finally modern enough for COM. Yes, I’m talking about the Component Object Model that has been the foundation for much of the Windows API for years, and continues as the foundation for the Windows Runtime. While COM is undeniably tied to C++ in terms of its original design, borrowing much from C++ in terms of binary and semantic conventions, it has never been entirely elegant. Parts of C++ that were not deemed portable enough, such as dynamic_cast, had to be eschewed in favor of portable solutions that made C++ implementations more challenging to develop. Many solutions have been provided over the years to make COM more palatable for C++ developers. The C++/CX language extension is perhaps the most ambitious thus far by the Visual C++ team. Ironically, these efforts to improve Standard C++ support have left C++/CX in the dust and really make a language extension redundant.

LLDB is Coming to Windows--Zachary Turner

A new article on the LLVM blog speaks about LLDB coming on Windows soon:

LLDB is Coming to Windows

by Zachary Turner

From the article:

We've spoken in the past about teaching Clang to fully support Windows and be compatible with MSVC.  Until now, a big missing piece in this story has been debugging the clang-generated executables.  Over the past 6 months, we've started working on making LLDB work well on Windows and support debugging both regular Windows programs and those produced by Clang...

Don’t Try Too Hard! – Exception Handling -- Arne Mertz

Arne Mertz describes in his recent article insights about exception handling.

Don’t Try Too Hard! – Exception Handling

by Arne Mertz

From the article:

Among C++ developers there often appears to be a misconception about what it means to deal with code that can throw exceptions. The misconception is that the possibility of exceptions means one has to try and catch often and almost everywhere. I will try to explain why I think that is wrong and where I think try/catch is appropriate and where not.

Providing Explicit Specializations for Non-Template Members of Class Template -- Pavel Frolov

One of the lesser-known features of C++ templates.

Providing Explicit Specializations for Non-Template Members of Class Template

by Pavel Frolov

From the article:

C++ is full of surprises (albeit not always good ones grin. It is a well known fact that you can provide explicit specializations for function templates and class templates. But it was a total surprise to me, that you can provide explicit specializations for non-template members of class template without specializing the class template itself!

Type safe handles in C++--Emil Ernerfeldt

Some time ago, Emil Ernerfeldt wrote about type safe handles. Simple and interesting.

Type safe handles in C++

by Emil Ernerfeldt

From the article:

Let's say you have a system of resources and you identify them using integers as handles. These integers are meaningless to the user, but internally they may be indices into an array, or just a running count...