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Overview of std::filesystem, my talk
Last Tuesday, 16th April, I had a pleasure to talk about std::filesystem in our Cracow C++ User Group.Here are the slides and additional comments.Read more...
View ArticleImproving Print Logging with Line Pos Info & Modern C++
No matter how proficient you are, I think, you might still use one of the primary methods of debugging: trace values using printf, TRACE, outputDebugString, etc… and then scan the output while...
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C++ Links #27 - ADL, compiler optimisations, though C++ Quiz
Welcome to new C++ Links - most important and useful articles, podcasts and videos that happen between 27th of April 3rd of May 2019.In this week you will find a little bit of C++ history - how...
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Converting from Boost to std::filesystem
As you may know std::filesystem evolved directly from Boost filesystem library. For a long time, it was available as a Technical Specification and later merged into C++17. Developers who used Boost can...
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C++ Links #28 - No more erase-remove idiom!
Welcome to new C++ Links - most important and useful articles, podcasts and videos that happen between 4th and 10th of May 2019.Today you will find a link to a video that shows how Uniform Container...
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C++ Links #29 - recommended resources about coroutines
Welcome to new C++ Links - most important and useful articles, podcasts and videos that happen between 11th and 17th of May 2019.In this week you will find links for two interesting resources: one...
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[Tip] How to Reference the C++ Standard or a Proposal
You’re writing a document about C++, one feature or some cool programming technique. At one point you think that you have to prove that something works and that’s why you need to quote text from the...
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Heterogeneous Lookup in Ordered Containers, C++14 Feature
If you have a map of strings, like std::map<std::string, int> m; and you want to find some element by m.find("abc"). Do you have to pay the price and construct a std::string object? Can you...
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Space Game: A std::variant-Based State Machine by Example
One of a powerful uses of std::variant is to implement State Machines. Some time ago I showed a simple example, but today we have something bigger. In today’s article by Nikolai Wuttke you’ll see how...
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C++17 In Detail, June Update: Foreword and Printing Tests
Last Friday my book got a fresh update! It’s been three months since the previous release, and this time I brought foreword, new book format and some small content changes. Read more...
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[Quick Case] Surprising Conversions of const char* to bool
If you have two function overloads foo(): one is taking const std::string& and the other taking bool. Which one of them will be selected when you call foo("hello world"); ?Let’s see where such a...
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How To Detect Function Overloads in C++17, std::from_chars Example
The problem: a library function offers several overloads, but depending on the implementation/compiler, some of the overloads are not available. How to check the existence of an overload? And how to...
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Five Awesome C++ Papers for Cologne ISO Meeting
Today is the start day of Summer C++ISO meeting, this time in Cologne, Germany! This is the “feature-complete” meeting for C++20. It’s the last time we’ll see some new elements that are merged into the...
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Improve Multiplatform Code With __has_include and Feature Test Macros
Two weeks ago, I showed you a sample that can detect if a function has a given overload. The example revolved around std::from_chars - low-level conversion routine for C++17. In the example, some...
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C++ Links #30 - Contracts Removed from C++20!
Welcome to new C++ Links - most relevant and useful articles, podcasts and videos that happen between 19th and 26th of July 2019.Today you will find links to Cologne Trip reports, where the final shape...
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Moved or Not Moved - That Is the Question!
C++11 brought Move Semantics. Since then we have extra capabilities to write faster code, support movable-only types, but also more headaches :). At least I have, especially when trying to understand...
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C++ Links #31 - bugs in Bullet Engine and C++20
Welcome to new C++ Links - most relevant and useful articles, podcasts and videos that happen between 27th July and 2nd August 2019.Today you will find links to Bugs in Game Engines, articles about...
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C++ Links #32 - QT6, How to Fix C++ and what's Debugging in C++
Welcome to new C++ Links - most relevant and useful articles, podcasts and videos that happen between 2nd and 9th August 2019.Today you will find links to ideas on how to Fix C++, how to bring more...
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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 see 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++ Links #33 - Parallel Algorithms, Smaller Features, Pipes & Dropbox
Welcome to new C++ Links - most relevant and useful articles, podcasts and videos that happen between 9th and 16th August 2019.Today you will find links to a list of smaller C++17 features, a free book...
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