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Stepanov-Regularity and Partially-Formed Objects vs. C++ Value Types -- Marc Mutz

By Giuseppe D'Angelo | Jan 30, 2017 04:43 AM | Tags: basics

Marc Mutz wrote in his recent article about the properties of default constructed object as required by Elements of Programming.

Stepanov-Regularity and Partially-Formed Objects vs. C++ Value Types

by Marc Mutz

From the article:

In this article, I will take a look at one of the fundamental concepts introduced in Alex Stepanov and Paul McJones’ seminal book “Elements of Programming” (EoP for short) — that of a (Semi-)Regular Type and Partially-Formed State.

Using these, I shall try to derive rules for C++ implementations of what are commonly called “value types”, focusing on the bare essentials, as I feel they have not been addressed in sufficient depth up to now: Special Member Functions.

Pros and Cons of Alternative Function Syntax in C++--Petr Zemek

By Adrien Hamelin | Jan 18, 2017 03:01 PM | Tags: c++11 basics

Do you know the trailing return type?

Pros and Cons of Alternative Function Syntax in C++

by Petr Zemek

From the article:

C++11 introduced an alternative syntax for writing function declarations. Instead of putting the return type before the name of the function (e.g. int func()), the new syntax allows us to write it after the parameters (e.g. auto func() -> int). This leads to a couple of questions: Why was such an alternative syntax added? Is it meant to be a replacement for the original syntax? To help you with these questions, the present blog post tries to summarize the advantages and disadvantages of this newly added syntax...

Return early and clearly--Arne Mertz

By Adrien Hamelin | Dec 26, 2016 03:07 PM | Tags: community basics

How to return well:

Return early and clearly

by Arne Mertz

From the article:

There are different guidelines out there about where and how many return statements to use in a function, e.g. return only once at the end of the function or return early and often. Which one makes for the most readable code?

More Meeting C++ 2016 videos are online!

By Meeting C++ | Dec 16, 2016 10:48 AM | Tags: video performance intermediate experimental efficiency community c++14 c++11 boost basics advanced

A week full of video editing brings the first batch of Meeting C++ 2016 videos online:

More videos are online!

by Jens Weller

Meeting C++ 2016 Playlist

From the article:

With today, almost all videos from the A and all videos of the D Track are online. There is a recording issue with one talk in the A track, which might get resolved in 2017. Also since today, the Meeting C++ YouTube channel has more then 400k views!

The full video set you can find in the Meeting C++ 2016 Playlist, the newest videos are easily found by visiting the Meeting C++ YouTube channel or subscribing to this RSS feed.