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Text Formatting at the ISO C++ standards meeting in Jacksonville--Victor Zverovich

By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 19, 2018 01:21 PM | Tags: experimental community

A good library fro formatting in the standard, soon?

Text Formatting at the ISO C++ standards meeting in Jacksonville

by Victor Zverovich

From the article:

This week I attended the ISO C++ standards committee meeting to present the second revision of my paper P0645R1 Text Formatting, based on the {fmt} formatting library. The first revision was reviewed by Library Evolution Working Group (LEWG) in June 2017 in Toronto and there was a lot of feedback, particularly I’ve been asked to

  • investigate compile-time format string processing,
  • look at using or explain why not to use an output iterator,
  • use string_view,
  • allow pre-computation of output size,
  • add benchmarks.

It took me a while to address all the feedback, especially the first two items which required substantial API and implementation changes, so I had to skip the meeting in Albuquerque. However, this ultimately resulted in a much better API so I’m grateful to LEWG for the helpful guidance. Despite all the negative press covfefe “design by committee” sometimes works surprisingly well...

emBO++ 2018 Trip Report--Simon Brand

By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 19, 2018 01:16 PM | Tags: community

Were you there?

emBO++ 2018 Trip Report

by Simon Brand

From the article:

emBO++ is a conference focused on C++ on embedded systems in Bochum, Germany. This was it’s second year of operation, but the first that I’ve been along to. It was a great conference, so I’m writing a short report to hopefully convince more of you to attend next year!

Announcing the Meeting C++ employer listing

By Meeting C++ | Mar 16, 2018 02:51 AM | Tags: meetingcpp community

News from Meeting C++: the job section features now a listing of C++ employers, which support Meeting C++. Also you can post your own jobs now at Meeting C++!

The Meeting C++ employer listing is online

by Jens Weller

From the article:

With this week, a feature of the old website returns: the Meeting C++ employer listing. So companies with open C++ positions get a permanent representation at Meeting C++ with their profile and contact information.

A Foolish Consistency--Jon Kalb

By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 12, 2018 12:23 PM | Tags: intermediate community

A very interesting article that we should all read.

A Foolish Consistency

by Jon Kalb

From the article:

Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” I don’t think he was talking about code, but that statement couldn’t be more relevant to software engineers.

I’ve experienced a scenario like this a number of time in my career:

I’m sharing a new approach to writing code that offers some clear improvements to what we’ve been doing. Perhaps it is more readable, more efficient, or safer. But the response that I hear from colleagues is, “But we can’t do that here. We have <some large number> lines of code where we didn’t do it that way, so it wouldn’t be consistent.”

C++Now 2018 Registration is Open

By Jon Kalb | Feb 22, 2018 04:14 PM | Tags: community c++now boost

C++Now 2018 will be held in Aspen, May 6–1, 2018.

C++Now 2018 Registration is Open

From the announcement:

The twelth annual C++Now Conference (formerly BoostCon) will be held at the Aspen Center for Physics in Aspen, Colorado, May 6th to 11th, 2018.

We expect C++Now to sell out again. Register immediately so you won’t miss out.

 

C++Now 2018 Accepting Student / Volunteer Applications

By Jon Kalb | Feb 22, 2018 04:01 PM | Tags: students community c++now boost

 

C++Now 2018 will be held in Aspen, May 6–1, 2018.

C++Now 2018 Accepting Student / Volunteer Applications

From the announcement:

It is my pleasure to announce the sixth year of the C++Now Student/Volunteer program! We are again inviting students with an interest in C++ to attend the May 6-11, 2018 conference in Aspen, CO as Student/Volunteers.

The Student/Volunteer program is an excellent way for students and young coders with an interest in C++ to learn about language and make lasting connections with the community.

Student/Volunteers will receive free registration and a travel stipend for their travel and lodging.

Volunteers will handle various tasks during the conference, such as assisting presenters, setting up presentation rooms, running A/V equipment, and helping with breaks and the conference picnic.

Students from all fields of study are welcome to apply. However, this conference covers advanced C++ topics, and applicants should have ample experience with the C++ programming language and be familiar with general computer science topics.

Applications will be accepted until March 9th, 2018. Application decisions will be sent out by March 16th, 2018.

Overload 143 is now available

By Adrien Hamelin | Feb 12, 2018 10:49 PM | Tags: community

ACCU’s Overload journal of February 2018 is out. It contains the following C++ related articles.

Overload 143 is now available

From the journal:

Hapaxes, Singletons and Anomalies
Programmers can be odd. Frances Buontempo celebrates many manifold peculiarities. by Frances Buontempo

A Wider Vision of Software Development
Is code a hopeful arrangement of bytes? Charles Tolman brings his Organising Principles series to a close. by Charles Tolman

An MWSR Queue with Minimalist Locking
Multithreaded queues come in many flavours. Sergey Ignatchenko describes his implementation of a multiple writer single reader queue. by Sergey Ignatchenko

Testing: Choose the Right Level
Testing can be easy. Andy Balaam considers levels to keep your focus just right. by Andy Balaam

CTAD – What Is This New Acronym All About?
What is class template argument deduction? Roger Orr elucidates this new C++17 feature. by Roger Orr

C++ with Meta-classes?
Meta-classes will allow us to detail class requirements. Francis Glassborow compares them to developments of C++ in the 1990s. by Francis Glassborow

Practical Scale Testing
Everyone wants scalable systems. Arun Saha explores methods for testing scalability. by Arun Saha

Functional Error-Handling with Optional and Expected
Exceptions should be exceptional. Simon Brand shows modern alternatives from the standard library and ways to improve them. by Simon Brand

Introduction to the C++ Ranges Library--Jonathan Boccara

By Adrien Hamelin | Feb 12, 2018 10:47 PM | Tags: experimental community

You can read it or watch it.

Introduction to the C++ Ranges Library

by Jonathan Boccara

From the article:

Do you know the ranges library in C++?

This video will show what limitations of the STL it solves, and how it can make C++ code more expressive.

Since some of you expressed that they liked text more than videos, I’ve included a transcript of the video. I’d be glad to know if you find this useful, and if you’d like to have a transcript for other videos...