A Universal Async Abstraction for C++ -- Corentin Jabot

By Corentin Jabot | Nov 2, 2019 01:38 AM | Tags: None

Executors - of which P0443R11 is one of the latest iterations - is poised to be the most fundamental library addition to C++23.

A Universal Async Abstraction for C++

By Corentin Jabot

From the article:

What is it about?

It is first and foremost a quest to find the most basic building blocks on top of which one could build asynchronous, concurrent and parallel code, whether it be on a small chip or a supercomputer with thousands of CPUs and GPUs.

This is not an easy task and has kept many experts and many companies busy for many years.

C++ std::string_view for better performance: An example use case -- nextptr

By Hitesh Kumar | Nov 2, 2019 01:36 AM | Tags: None

The std::string_view explained with an example:

C++ std::string_view for better performance: An example use case

by nextptr

From the article:

The std::string_view offers the benefits of std::string's interface without the cost of constructing an std::string object.

WIMSL: advanced memory management -- Sergey Strukov

By Sergey Strukov | Oct 31, 2019 11:06 PM | Tags: experimental

Yes. I need the memory management and need it better, than the standard library provides.

WIMSL: advanced memory management.

by Sergey Strukov

From the article:

This article describes some advanced memory management features, badly missed in the C++ standard library.

(WIMSL: What I miss in the standard library.)

C++20: The Big Four--Rainer Grimm

By Adrien Hamelin | Oct 28, 2019 11:18 AM | Tags: experimental

Impatient yet?

C++20: The Big Four

by Rainer Grimm

From the article:

This post presents you the big four: concepts, ranges, coroutines, and modules...

AddressSanitizer (ASan) for Windows with MSVC--Augustin Popa

By Adrien Hamelin | Oct 28, 2019 11:14 AM | Tags: community

Will you try it?

AddressSanitizer (ASan) for Windows with MSVC

by Augustin Popa

From the article:

We are pleased to announce AddressSanitizer (ASan) support for the MSVC toolset. ASan is a fast memory error detector that can find runtime memory issues such as use-after-free and perform out of bounds checks. Support for sanitizers has been one of our more popular suggestions on Developer Community, and we can now say that we have an experience for ASan on Windows, in addition to our existing support for Linux projects...

Slides of the 10th of October 2019 BeCPP Meeting -- Marc Gregoire

By Marc Gregoire | Oct 28, 2019 09:15 AM | Tags: community

On October 10th, 2019, the Belgian C++ Users Group had their next event sponsored by think-cell.

Slides of the 10th of October 2019 BeCPP Meeting

by Marc Gregoire

About the event:

• “C++20: What’s in it for you?” by Marc Gregoire
• “From Iterators To Ranges — The Upcoming Evolution Of the Standard Library” by Arno Schödl

If you couldn't attend the event in person, or if you would like to go over the material again, you can download them from the BeCPP website.

Slides of the 3rd of July 2019 BeCPP Meeting

By Marc Gregoire | Oct 28, 2019 09:14 AM | Tags: community

On July 3rd, 2019, the Belgian C++ Users Group had their next event sponsored by CluePoints.

Slides of the 3rd of July 2019 BeCPP Meeting

About the event:

• “What’s new in Visual C++ 2019?” by Marc Gregoire
• “Statistical Scientific programming: challenges in converting R to C++” by Olivia Quinet

If you couldn’t attend the event in person, or if you would like to go over the material again, you can download them from the BeCPP website.

C++ Day 2019 (mostly in Italian)

By Marco Arena | Oct 27, 2019 02:04 AM | Tags: events cppday community

A full day of C++, mostly in the Italian language:

C++ Day 2019

November 30, 2019

Parma

In a nutshell

The C++ Day 2019 is a full-day event entirely dedicated to the C++ language, hosted in Parma (Italy), the 2020 Italian capital of culture.

The event consists in some technical sessions and networking.

 

Who should attend the C++ Day 2019?

This event is made by C++ professionals for C++ professionals, students and enthusiasts. Whoever is interested in the C++ language and is keen on meeting the Italian C++ ecosystem is welcome!

 

What can I find in the C++ Day 2019?

The agenda consists of 9x50-min and 2x30-min tech talks, 1x45-min "Ask Us Everthing" Q&A Panel, and more than 140 min allocated for networking.

This year, most of the sessions are in the Italian language.

You can refer to the detailed program for more information.

 

When and Where will the C++ Day 2019 take place?

The event will be held on November 30 at the University of Parma.

Check-in opens at 8.30 AM, the main event begins at 9.30 AM and will last for a full day.
 

Who supports this event?

The event is co-organized with Elettric80.

Beckhoff and Leica Geosystems support the event.

 

Do I need to register?

The C++ Day 2019 is free, but you must register to facilitate the organization of the event.

Please consider the "Supporter Ticket" to contribute to the main expenses.

Registration page here.

Access tuple-like container by type to return an index -- Krzysztof Ostrowski

By fj | Oct 24, 2019 12:27 PM | Tags: None

How would you look for an item in a tuple by the item's type, and return the item's index within that tuple?

Access tuple-like container by type to return an index

by Krzysztof Ostrowski

From the article:

Presentation of a technique that composes an application of a lazy fold expression, and an idea of type embellishment that introduces an implicit context in which the current tuple element is embedded.

C++ on Sea 2020 - Call for Speakers is open

By philsquared | Oct 24, 2019 12:20 PM | Tags: None

The Call for Speakers is now open, and will run until the end of November.

by C++ on Sea

by C++ on Sea

From the article:

If you're interested in presenting a 60 minute or 90 minute talk, or a one day workshop, please visit the above link to go to the Call For Speakers page for more information and a link to the Speaker Portal.