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Quick Q: Are the experimental features of modern C++ reliable for long-term projects?

By Adrien Hamelin | Apr 14, 2017 01:03 AM | Tags: community basics

Quick A: No

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Are the experimental features of modern C++ reliable for long-term projects?

Is it guaranteed that all compliant compilers have the same experimental features?
No, experimental features are optional.
Are experimental features prone to big changes that make them unreliable?
Yes, the C++ committee might even decide to abandon a feature or in the process of standardization a defect might come up that would force a feature to change.

Generally, it's not a good idea to depend on experimental features. Experimental features are exactly what the word says (i.e., to experiment with).

Disabling narrowing conversions in signal/slot connections--Giuseppe D'Angelo

By Adrien Hamelin | Apr 14, 2017 01:01 AM | Tags: community c++11

A new useful feature in Qt:

Disabling narrowing conversions in signal/slot connections

by Giuseppe D'Angelo

From the article:

A small new feature that I have added to Qt 5.8 is the possibility of disabling narrowing conversions in the new-style QObject::connect statement. In this short blog post I would like to share with you why I thought this was useful and therefore implemented it...

Making things do stuff – Part 1--Glennan Carnie

By Adrien Hamelin | Apr 3, 2017 01:29 PM | Tags: community advanced

C++ for embedded too!

Making things do stuff – Part 1

by Glennan Carnie

From the article:

C has long been the language of choice for smaller, microcontroller-based embedded systems; particularly for close-to-the-metal hardware manipulation.

C++ was originally conceived with a bias towards systems programming; performance and efficiency being key design highlights.  Traditionally, many of the advancements in compiler technology, optimisation, etc., had centred around generating code for PC-like platforms (Linux, Windows, etc).  In the last few years C++ compiler support for microcontroller targets has advanced dramatically, to the point where Modern C++ is a increasingly attractive language for embedded systems development...

ACCU 2017 One Month Away

By Felix Petriconi | Mar 26, 2017 05:26 AM | Tags: community

The upcomming ACCU 2017 conferenc from 2017-04-26 to 2017-04-29 in Bristol, UK is only one month away.

ACCU 2017 Conference

by the conference committee

About the conference:

The this years ACCU conference has 5 tracks in parallel with a strong focus on C++.

Beside the closing keynote by Herb Sutter, we have 90 minutes sessions by Dietmar Kühl, Timur Doumler, Nicolai Josutis, Marshal Clow, Anastasia Kazakova, Louis Dione, Guy Davidson, John Lakos, Peter Sommerlad, Arne Metz, Hubert Matthews, J. Daniel Garcia, Sergei Sadovnikov, Björn Fahller, Steven Simpson, Diego Rodriguez-Losada, Dominic Robinson, Arjan van Leeuwen, Vittorio Romeo, Roger Orr, Anthony Williams, Phil Nash, and Odin Holmes.

On the day before the conference we have two full day tutorials with C++ content by Nicolai Josuttis and Felix Petriconi.

So don't forget to register! 

 

Italian C++ Conference 2017

By Marco Arena | Mar 24, 2017 01:21 AM | Tags: community

A full day of C++ in Italy, June 17, 2017 / University "Bicocca", in Milan.

Italian C++ Conference 2017

Special guests:

Phil Nash (Developer Advocate at JetBrains)

Jens Weller (C++ Evangelist, creator of Meeting C++)

Bartosz Milewski (Blogger specializing in category theory and programming)

Dietmar Kühl (‎Senior Software Developer at Bloomberg LP)

 

An event organized by the Italian C++ Community.

Sponsors: Bloomberg and JetBrains.

 

International attendees are welcome: A track consisting of 4 tech sessions & the traditional Ask Us Everything with all the speakers involved are in English.

In a nutshell

The Italian C++ Conference 2017 aims to be a forum for exchanging experiences using the C++ language. The agenda consists of two tracks, one in Italian and one in English.

Who should attend the Italian C++ Conference 2017?

This event is made by passionate C++ professionals for C++ professionals, students and enthusiasts.

 

What can I find in the Italian C++ Conference 2017?

The agenda consists of 10x60' tech talks and 1x60' Q/A "Ask Us Everything" panel.

You can refer to the detailed program for more information (if you are an Italian reader, here is the same page in Italian).

 

When does the Italian C++ Conference 2017 take place?

The event will be held on June 17, 2017 at the University "Bicocca", in Milan.

Check-in at 8.30 AM. The event starts at 9.00 AM and will last for a full day.

Who supports this event?

Bloomberg and JetBrains are event main sponsors.

Axosoft and O'Reilly are event partners.

Get in touch if you want to support us!

 

Do I need to register?

The Italian C++ Conference 2017 is free, but you must register to facilitate the organization of the event. You can register here.

Clang-Tidy, part 1: Modernize your source code using C++11/C++14--Kevin Funk

By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 20, 2017 12:58 PM | Tags: community c++11

Do you know what is clang-tidy and how to use it?

Clang-Tidy, part 1: Modernize your source code using C++11/C++14

by Kevin Funk

From the article:

This blog series will introduce the clang-tidy utility from the Clang/LLVM project and show how to use it to automatically refactor C++ source code and integrate with your build system, as well as how to use the tool on other platforms than Unices.

ACCU 2017 Early Bird Ends Soon

By Felix Petriconi | Mar 3, 2017 06:45 AM | Tags: community

The early bird rates for the upcomming ACCU 2017 conference in Bristol, UK ends midnight on Monday 6th March 2017.

ACCU 2017 Conference Registration

by the ACCU conference

About the conference:

ACCU 2017 is set to be bigger and better than ever, with keynotes from Herb Sutter, Frances Buontempo, Brad Chamberlain and Russ Miles. There are also Pre-Conference Tutorials available on Tuesday 24th April, and 5 parallel streams of informative presentations/discussions throughout the course of the week. With origins in the C User Group UK and the European C++ User Group, ACCU remains proud of its C and C++ heritage and is arguably the premier UK and European conference covering these languages. Whilst celebrating its C origins, ACCU also offers its polyglot programmers insight and new trends on native and other programming languages. It’s one not to be missed!

Generating Sequences

By Adrien Hamelin | Mar 1, 2017 01:40 PM | Tags: intermediate community

A virtual container.

Generating Sequences

By Anthony Williams

From the article:

I was having a discussion with my son over breakfast about C++ and Python, and he asked me if C++ had anything equivalent to Python's range() function for generating a sequence of integers. I had to tell him that no, the C++ standard library didn't supply such a function, but there were algorithms for generating sequences (std::generate and std::generate_n) into an existing container, and you could write something that would provide a "virtual" container that would supply a sequence as you iterated over it with range-for...