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CppCast Episode 71: CppCon 2016 with Chandler Carruth

By robwirving | Sep 26, 2016 06:56 AM | Tags: None

Episode 71 of CppCast the only podcast for C++ developers by C++ developers. In this special CppCon episode Rob and Jason interview a group of Lightning Talk speakers and Chandler Carruth. Chandler discusses the topics of his two CppCon talks and using Modules at Google.

CppCast Episode 71: CppCon 2016 with Chandler Carruth

by Rob Irving and Jason Turner

About the interviewee:

Chandler Carruth leads the Clang team at Google, building better diagnostics, tools, and more. Previously, he worked on several pieces of Google’s distributed build system. He makes guest appearances helping to maintain a few core C++ libraries across Google’s codebase, and is active in the LLVM and Clang open source communities. He received his M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science from Wake Forest University, but disavows all knowledge of the contents of his Master’s thesis. He is regularly found drinking Cherry Coke Zero in the daytime and pontificating over a single malt scotch in the evening.

Chobo Single-Header Libraries Released

By ibob | Sep 25, 2016 11:41 PM | Tags: None

Chobo SHL is a collection of five small single-header libraries with no external dependencies by Chobolabs.

Chobo SHL Released

by Chobolabs

From the release:

The list of libraries is:

  • optional - A value wrapper with an optional invalid state (similar to boost::optional)
  • static_vector - A std::vector-like class with fixed capacity (similar to boost::static_vector)
  • flat_map - A std::map-like class with linear storage and optional storage container (similar to boost::flat_map)
  • vector_ptr - A non-owning std::vector pointer to be used in generic code
  • vector_view - A view of a std::vector<T> which makes it look as a vector of another type

doctest—the lightest feature rich C++ single header testing framework released! -- Viktor Kirilov

By onqtam | Sep 22, 2016 11:37 PM | Tags: test

The lightest feature--rich C++ single--header testing framework for unit tests and TDD

doctest 1.1.0 released!

by Viktor Kirilov

From the release:

The reddit thread might be of interest as well.

The project is looking for sponsors and publicity!

Video available: Grill the Committee -- CppCon 2016

By Blog Staff | Sep 22, 2016 03:39 PM | Tags: None

cppcon2016-grill.PNGCppCon is in full swing, and once again all the sessions, panels, and lightning talks are being professionally recorded and will be available online -- about a month after the conference, because it takes time to process over 100 talks!

However, the team is working around the clock to get the plenary sessions and the Monday evening Grill the Committee panel up as quickly as possible. Here is the Monday panel:

CppCon 2016: Grill the Committee Panel (YouTube)

Panelists: Hans Boehm, Chandler Carruth, Casey Carter, Marshall Clow, Richard Smith, Bjarne Stroustrup, Herb Sutter, Michael Wong

Summary of the talk:

What would you like to know about the C++ standard? Join us for a panel discussion with the leaders of the C++ standards committee where the audience asks the questions.

Concepts Lite vs enable_if--Andrzej Krzemieński

By Adrien Hamelin | Sep 22, 2016 01:12 PM | Tags: experimental community

Why having concepts?

Concepts Lite vs enable_if

by Andrzej Krzemieński

From the article:

This post contains quite advanced material. I assume you are already familiar with Concepts Lite. For an overview of what Concepts Lite is, I recommend this proposal. Also, I have found this blog very useful regarding the details of and issues with concepts’ mechanics. One could look at Concepts Lite as three features:

  1. A superior alternative to enable_if (or overload hiding).
  2. The subsumption relation that enables the additional control of partial ordering in the overload resolution process.
  3. A convenient tool for building compile-time predicates that check for valid types and expressions.

In this post I will only focus on the first feature, and try to answer the question, “what do we need Concepts Lite for, given that we already have std::enable_if (and SFINAE)?”

Video available: Bjarne Stroustrup, "The Evolution of C++: Past, Present, and Future" -- CppCon 2016

By Mantosh Kumar | Sep 22, 2016 05:33 AM | Tags: None

cppcon2016-stroustrup.PNGCppCon is in full swing, and once again all the sessions, panels, and lightning talks are being professionally recorded and will be available online -- about a month after the conference, because it takes time to process over 100 talks!

However, because of the importance of Bjarne's open keynote announcements on Monday, the team has pulled out the stops to process his video and get it up on YouTube (and maybe soon also Channel 9 for areas where YouTube is not available). It's there now, so if you couldn't be at CppCon on Monday in person, check it out:

The Evolution of C++: Past, Present, and Future (YouTube) (slides)

by Bjarne Stroustrup, CppCon 2016 opening keynote

Summary of the talk:

This is a philosophical talk. It deals with ideals, aims, and ways of approximating those. It deals with practical constraints and risks. It gives short examples. It presents a perspective of what drives the evolution of C++. What is C++ and what it must become over the next years for its success to continue? This involves both social and technical points. Towards the end, I discuss the direction of C++ future evolution, give some opinions, point to urgently needed new features, and discuss how to manage until they are part of the standard.

Vcpkg: a tool to acquire and build C++ open source libraries on Windows--Eric Mittelette

By Marco Arena | Sep 20, 2016 01:42 AM | Tags: visual studio

The Visual Studio Team has announced the availability of Vcpkg, a tool which simplifies acquiring and building open source libraries on Windows.

Vcpkg: a tool to acquire and build C++ open source libraries on Windows

From the article:

Acquiring native libraries on Windows is a critical part of the application development process; in our surveys, you told us that 80% of your C++ projects depend on two or more libraries...