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By Marco Arena | Jul 22, 2017 05:32 AM | Tags: visual studio
Visual Studio 2017 15.3.0 release comes with a number of improvements to the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler’s diagnostics:
Diagnostic Improvements in Visual Studio 2017 15.3.0
by Yuriy Solodkyy
From the article:
Most of these improvements are in response to the diagnostics improvements survey we shared with you at the beginning of the 15.3 development cycle...
By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 21, 2017 11:05 AM | Tags: community
Did you try it?
Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension July 2017 Update
by Rong Lu
From the article:
2 million downloads! This is very exciting for the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension, considering it was just 4 months ago when we hit the 1 million milestone!
By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 21, 2017 11:03 AM | Tags: experimental efficiency
The series continue!
Yielding Generators
by Kirit Sælensminde
From the article:
We've seen how the promise_type together with the coroutine return type handles the interactions between the caller and the coroutine itself.
Our target is to be able to do something pretty simple:
generator count() { std::cout << "Going to yield 1" << std::endl; co_yield 1; std::cout << "Going to yield 2" << std::endl; co_yield 2; std::cout << "Going to yield 3" << std::endl; co_yield 3; std::cout << "count() is done" << std::endl; }
By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 21, 2017 10:54 AM | Tags: experimental community
Have you registered for CppCon 2017 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 2016 for you to enjoy. Here is today’s feature:
There and Back Again: An Incremental C++ Modules Design
by Richard Smith
Summary of the talk:
The Clang project has been working on Modules in one form or another for many years. It started off with C and Objective-C many years ago. Today, we have a C++ compiler that can transparently use C++ Modules with existing C++ code, and we have deployed that at scale. However, this is very separate from the question of how to integrate a modular compilation model into the language itself. That is an issue that several groups working on C++ have been trying to tackle over the last few years.
Based on our experience deploying the core technology behind Modules, we have learned a tremendous amount about how they interact with existing code. This has informed the particular design we would like to see for C++ Modules, and it centers around incremental adoption. In essence, how do we take the C++ code we have today, and migrate it to directly leverage C++ Modules in its very syntax, while still interacting cleanly with C++ code that will always and forever be stuck in a legacy mode without Modules.
In this talk we will present our ideas on how C++ Modules should be designed in order to interoperate seamlessly with existing patterns, libraries, and codebases. However, these are still early days for C++ Modules. We are all still experimenting and learning about what the best design is likely to be. Here, we simply want to present a possible and still very early design direction for this feature.
By robwirving | Jul 21, 2017 07:07 AM | Tags: None
Episode 110 of CppCast the only podcast for C++ developers by C++ developers. In this episode Rob and Jason are joined by Gor Nishanov to talk about the C++ Coroutines proposal.
CppCast Episode 110: Coroutines with Gor Nishanov
by Rob Irving and Jason Turner
About the interviewee:
Gor Nishanov is a Principal Software Design Engineer on the Microsoft C++ team. He works on design and standardization of C++ Coroutines, and on asynchronous programming models. Prior to joining C++ team, Gor was working on distributed systems in Windows Clustering team.
By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 20, 2017 12:49 PM | Tags: intermediate community
Quick A: Everyone by reading and applying the C++ standard.
Recently on SO:
How to (and who can) implement the standard library features defined by the C++ committee?
The committee does not release any reference implementations. In the early days, things got standardized and then the tool developers went away and implemented the standard. This has changed, and now the committee looks for features that have been implemented and tested before standardization.
Also major developments usually don't go directly into the standard. First they become experimental features called a Technical Specification or TS. These TS may then be incorporated into the main standard at a later date.
You are free to write you own implementation of the C++ standard library. Plum Hall has a test suite (commercial, I have no connection, but Plum Hall are very involved with C++ standardization).
I don't see any issue with not being conformant. Almost all implementations have some extensions. Just don't make any false claims, especially if you want to sell your product.
If you're interested in getting involved, this can be done via your 'National Body' (ANSI for the USA, BSI for the UK etc.). The isocpp web site has a section on standardization which would be a good starting place.
By Anastasia Kazakova | Jul 19, 2017 12:25 PM | Tags: None
Welcome new release of JetBrain's cross-platform C/C++ IDE!
CLion 2017.2 released
by Anastasia Kazakova
From the article:
CLion 2017.2 is all about C++ parser correctness, new code analysis features and performance improvements. Clang-Tidy integration, C++ cast operators and other code analysis enhancements help to ensure the code quality, while the rest bring general improvements to the user experience.
The highlighted new features are:
- Clang-Tidy checks and complementary quick-fixes come to CLion. This includes checks from C++ Core Guidelines, modernize checks and many others.
- C++ support enhancements:
- C++17 is now available in the New Project wizard
- Precompiled headers are now supported when using Microsoft Visual C++ compiler (in addition to GCC and Clang)
- Code intentions and quick-fixes use C++ cast operators for C++ code instead of C-style cast
- Dozens of improvements in C++ parser and built-in code analysis engine
- A new Force Step Into action for getting into disassembly code only when you really want to.
- Cancelable CMake reload and Go to navigation actions to ensure better IDE performance.
- Bundled CMake 3.8.
By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 19, 2017 12:17 PM | Tags: intermediate c++11
The stl can help you!
Your own error code
by Andrzej Krzemieński
From the article:
I was recently implementing the “classification of error conditions” in my application offered by the functionality behind
std::error_code. In this post I want to share some of my experience and insight.
By Adrien Hamelin | Jul 19, 2017 12:13 PM | Tags: performance c++17
Have you registered for CppCon 2017 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 2016 for you to enjoy. Here is today’s feature:
The C++17 Parallel Algorithms Library and Beyond
by Bryce Adelstein Lelbach
Summary of the talk:
One of the major library features in C++17 is a parallel algorithms library (formerly the Parallelism Technical Specification v1). The parallel algorithms library has both parallel versions of the existing algorithms in the standard library and a handful of new algorithms inspired by common patterns from parallel programming (such as std::reduce() and std::transform_reduce()).
We’ll talk about what’s in the parallel algorithms library, and how to utilize it in your code today. Also, we’ll discuss some exciting future developments relating to the parallel algorithms library which are targeted for the second version of the Parallelism Technical Specification – executors, and asynchronous parallel algorithms.
By Meeting C++ | Jul 18, 2017 02:57 AM | Tags: meetingcpp diversity conference community
The programs for student and accessibility tickets are open until October 15th!
Announcing the Student and Accessibility tickets
by Jens Weller
From the article:
This is the 4th year where Meeting C++ is offering free tickets for students. Since last year, there is also a contingent for the underrepresented and those, not able to afford a Meeting C++ ticket.
