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C++ Lambda Story is 100% Complete
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve finished the work on the latest update for C++ Lambda Story! This makes the book complete now, and I can finally set its status to 100%! Read on to see the latest...
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Lambda Week: Syntax changes, C++11 to C++20
Let’s start the week with Lambda Expressions. The plan is to have a set of concise articles presenting core elements of lambda expressions. Today you can see how the syntax has evolved since C++11 and...
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C++ Lambda Week: Capturing Things
We’re in the second day of the lambda week. Today you’ll learn about the options you have when you want to capture things from the external scope. Local variables, global, static, variadic packs, this...
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C++ Lambda Week: Going Generic
We’re in the third day of the lambda week. So far, you’ve learned basic syntax and how to capture things. Another important aspect is that lambdas can also be used in the “generic” scenarios. This is...
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C++ Lambda Week: Some Tricks
We’re on the last day of the lambda week. We have all the essential knowledge, and now we can learn some tricks!Read more...
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How to Check String or String View Prefixes and Suffixes in C++20
Up to (and including) C++17 if you wanted to check the start or the end in a string you have to use custom solutions, boost or other third-party libraries. Fortunately, this changes with C++20.See the...
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C++17: Polymorphic Allocators, Debug Resources and Custom Types
In my previous article on polymorphic allocators, we discussed some basic ideas. For example, you’ve seen a pmr::vector that holds pmr::string using a monotonic resource. How about using a custom type...
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6 Efficient Things You Can Do to Refactor a C++ Project
I took my old pet project from 2006, experimented, refactored it and made it more "modern C++". Here are my lessons and six practical steps that you can apply in your projects. Let’s startRead more...
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Replacing unique_ptr with C++17's std::variant a Practical Experiment
Some time ago I wrote about a new way to implement runtime polymorphism which is based not on virtual functions but on std::visit and std::variant. Please have a look at this new blog post where I...
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How I Improved My Legacy C++ Project with PVS-Studio
Since a few months, I’ve been refactoring my old C++/OpenGL project. Thus far, I used compilers (MSVC and Clang), my knowledge or free tools. At some point, I also got a chance to leverage a solid...
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How to Pass a Variadic Pack as the First Argument of a Function in C++
Variadic templates and argument packs which are available since C++11 give flexibility in situations when you don’t know the number of inputs upfront. However, they are limited and can only appear at...
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How To Stay Sane with Modern C++
C++ grows very fast! For example, the number of pages of the C++ standard went from 879 pages for C++98/03 to 1834 for C++20! Nearly 1000 pages! What’s more, with each revision of C++, we get several...
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Increased Complexity of C++20 Range Algorithms Declarations - Is It Worth?
With the addition of Ranges and Concepts in C++20, our good old algorithm interfaces got super long “rangified” versions. For example, copy is now 4 lines long… and it’s just the...
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17 Smaller but Handy C++17 Features
When you see an article about new C++ features, most of the time you’ll have a description of major elements. Looking at C++17, there are a lot of posts (including articles from this blog) about...
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C++20 Ranges, Projections, std::invoke and if constexpr
Continuing the topic from last week, let’s dive into the topic of std::invoke. This helper template function helps with uniform syntax call for various callable object types and can greatly reduce the...
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Runtime Polymorphism with std::variant and std::visit
Runtime polymorphism usually connects with v-tables and virtual functions. However, in this blog post, I’ll show you a modern C++ technique that leverages std::variant and std::visit. This C++17...
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The First New Article on C++ Stories!
Since more than a year I've been developing a "shadow" website called C++ Stories that will eventually take please of this blog. The site is live and most of my articles are also available there.Today...
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New post at C++ Stories: Under the Covers of C++ Lambdas
See a new blog post at C++ Stories!This time it's a guest post by Andreas Fertig who explains the problems of translating lambda syntax into the closure type.See here:Under the Covers of C++ Lambdas:...
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Why Not a Functor and Lambda Story Updates @CppStories
I’m happy to announce a new update to my book on lambda expressions! A few pages more, and what’s important is that I heavily improved the consistency and some wording. All of that, thanks to valuable...
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C++ at the End of 2020, Survey
It’s almost the end of the year!I prepared a quick survey, so we can learn about our experience with the language.Read more...
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One Trick with Private Names and Function Templates @C++Stories
Have a look at a new article @C++Stories! This time I have one trick with nested types, private names and function templates. See her:One Trick with Private Names and Function Templates
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C++ at the end of 2020! @CppStories
See my summary article!Available @C++Stories:C++ At the end of 2020
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First Year At Patreon
A bit more than a year ago I started my Patreon page! It was an experiment, and I’m pleased that it has a lot of benefits. In this short blog post, I’d like to make a small summary, share my thoughts...
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C++ Lambda Story in Print @CppStories
See a new article @CppStories with details about the latest updates for C++ Lambda Story. Now you can get the book in print!C++ Lambda Story in Print
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C++ Stories in March
Have a look at a short summary of the best articles from March 2021 from the C++ community.Reminder: I publish new articles at the converted website cppstories.com.Read more...
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