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By Adrien Hamelin | Apr 30, 2018 01:15 PM | Tags: intermediate
Heard about it?
How to Use Tag Dispatching In Your Code Effectively
by Jonathan Boccara
From the article:
This is the topic of today: how to use tag dispatching in your code and, just as importantly, when to use it and when to avoid it. In the opinion of yours truly, that is...
By Jason Turner | Apr 30, 2018 11:08 AM | Tags: embedded basics
Episode 113 of C++ Weekly.
Will It C++? Atari Touch Me From 1978
by Jason Turner
About the show:
In this episode of C++ Weekly Jason discusses the architecture of the handheld Atari game, the "Touch Me" from 1978. Would it be possible to compile a modern C++ program for this 40 year old hardware?
By Lucian Radu Teodorescu | Apr 30, 2018 03:04 AM | Tags: intermediate
Are you exceptionally curios?
Exceptional exploration (1)
by Lucian Radu Teodorescu
From the article:
To use or not to use exceptions? That is the question.
And if you have hoped for a simple answer, this is not the right blog to read. On this blog, finding the truth is always a complex endeavor, it involves a complex mix of perspectives and a variety of interpretations. If you are into truthing, read on.
In this post we would only cover the performance aspects of it. A follow up post should discuss aspects like modifiability (how easy is to write error handling) and appropriateness of using exceptions.
By robwirving | Apr 28, 2018 09:18 AM | Tags: None
Episode 147 of CppCast the only podcast for C++ developers by C++ developers. In this episode Rob and Jason are joined by Kevlin Henney to discuss C++ Patterns and things every programmer should know.
CppCast Episode 147: C++ Patterns with Kevlin Henney
by Rob Irving and Jason Turner
About the interviewee:
Kevlin Henney is an independent consultant, speaker, writer and trainer. His development interests are in patterns, programming, practice and process. He has been a columnist for a number of magazines and sites, including C++ Report and C/C++ Users Journal, and has been on far too many committees (it has been said that "a committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled"), including the the BSI C++ panel and the ISO C++ standards committee. He is co-author of A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing and On Patterns and Pattern Languages, two volumes in the Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture series. He is also editor of 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know and the forthcoming 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know. He lives in Bristol and online.
By Adrien Hamelin | Apr 27, 2018 02:31 PM | Tags: community
Are you interested?
Announcing a single C++ library manager for Linux, macOS and Windows: Vcpkg
by Eric Mittelette
From the article:
At Microsoft, the core of our vision is “Any Developer, Any App, Any Platform” and we are committed to bringing you the most productive development tools and services to build your apps across all platforms. With this in mind, we are thrilled to announce today the availability of vcpkg on Linux and MacOS. This gives you immediate access to the vcpkg catalog of C++ libraries on two new platforms, with the same simple steps you are familiar with on Windows and UWP today...
By Adrien Hamelin | Apr 27, 2018 02:26 PM | Tags: community
Were you there?
ACCUConf 2018 Trip Report
by Arne Mertz
From the article:
Two weeks ago, I attended the ACCU Conference in Bristol again, and again it was a blast. ACCUConf is by far the most interesting and enjoyable conference I have attended so far...
By Adrien Hamelin | Apr 27, 2018 02:24 PM | Tags: intermediate c++11
Quick A: The default deleter does not store anything.
Recently on SO:
How can unique_ptr have no overhead if it needs to store the deleter?
std::unique_ptr<T> is quite likely to be zero-overhead (with any sane standard-library implementation). std::unique_ptr<T, D>, for an arbitrary D, is not in general zero-overhead.
The reason is simple: Empty-Base Optimisation can be used to eliminate storage of the deleter in case it's an empty (and thus stateless) type (such as std::default_delete instantiations).
By Meeting C++ | Apr 26, 2018 07:04 AM | Tags: meetingcpp conference community
Much to expect from this years set of Keynote speakers at Meeting C++ 2018
Keynotes at Meeting C++ 2018
by Jens Weller
From the article:
Two of them are well known for a long time in the C++ community as speakers and book authors, while Lisa can be seen as a newcomer. All three of them still have some time to think about what they'd like to talk about, I might give you more insights into the keynotes later this year.
By Jon Kalb | Apr 26, 2018 06:02 AM | Tags: cppcon community
The next CppCon conference is in Bellevue, Washington September 23-28.
Registration for CppCon 2018 is Open
From the announcement:
In addition to the regular conference program there will be keynotes, lightning talks, and panels. There are also pre- and post-conference classes (both two-day and one-day are offered) as well as a meeting of SG14.
By Marco Arena | Apr 25, 2018 11:34 PM | Tags: c++17 basics
An observation on using std::size & co with statically sized char arrays:
Just be aware of std::size and static C-strings
by Marco Arena
From the article:
C++17 added support for non-member std::size, std::empty and std::data. They are little gems for generic programming...
