Archive for month: August, 2018

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C++ Core Guidelines: Rules for Templates and Generic Programming

August 31, 2018

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I this post I give an introduction to the rules for generic programming in C++. Generic programming is,…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Rules for Constants and Immutability

August 22, 2018

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Making objects or methods const has two benefits. First, the compiler will complain when you break the…

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The new pdf bundle is ready: C++ Core Guidelines – Concurrency and Parallelism

August 18, 2018

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I have prepared the pdf bundle. To get it is quite simple. If you subscribe to the newsletter, you…

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C++ Core Gudelines: goto considered Evil

August 17, 2018

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If you can't throw an exception and can't use final_action (finally) from the guideline support library,…

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For Free: Four Vouchers to Win

August 12, 2018

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Bartłomiej Filipek, author of the well-known C++-blog: Bartek's coding blog gave me four vouchers…

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C++ Core Guidelines: finally in C++

August 10, 2018

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To make my point clear, this post is about the exceptional case that you can not throw an exception.…

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I’m Proud to Present: Modern C++ Concurrency is available as interactive course

August 9, 2018

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Based on my book "Concurrency with Modern C++" educative.io created an interactive course. You can have…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Rules about Exception Handling

August 1, 2018

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Today's post is about the right way to throw and catch exceptions. This means when you should throw and…

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Cooperative Interruption of a Thread in C++20: CallbacksJuly 15, 2024 - 8:43 am
I introduced in my last post “Cooperative Interruption of a Thread in C++20” callbacks. Today, I dive deeper. First , here’s a short reminder. Reminder In my last post “Cooperative Interruption of a Thread in C++20“, I presented the following program. // invokeCallback.cpp #include <chrono> #include <iostream> #include <thread> #include <vector> using namespace::std::literals; auto func […]
Cooperative Interruption of a Thread in C++20July 1, 2024 - 10:12 am
A typical question in my C++ seminars is: Can a thread be killed? Before C++20, my answer is no. With C++20, you can ask a thread politely for its interruption.
Chrono: InputJune 24, 2024 - 9:36 am
You can also apply the format specifier for formatted input. This post is the eleventh in my detailed journey through the chrono extension in C++20. The chrono library supports formatted input in two ways. You can use the function std::chrono::from_stream or std::chrono::parse. Both functions require an input stream and parse the input into a time […]
Chrono I/O: Unformatted and FormattedJune 17, 2024 - 10:33 am
Chrono I/O consists of reading and writing chrono types. The various chrono types support unformatted writing and formatted one with the new formatting library. This post is the tenth in my detailed journey through the chrono extension in C++20: Output Most chrono types, such as time duration, time points, and calendar dates, support direct writing […]
Chrono I/OMay 20, 2024 - 10:09 am
Chrono I/O consists of reading and writing chrono types. The various chrono types support unformatted writing and formatted one with the new formatting library. This post is the ninth in my detailed journey through the chrono extension in C++20: Output Most chrono types, such as time duration, time points, and calendar dates, support direct writing […]
Time Zones: Online ClassesMay 13, 2024 - 9:39 am
Today, I will continue to present the functionality of the time zones of the C++20 chrono extension. This post is the eight in my detailed journey through the chrono extension in C++20: Various Time Zones for Online Classes The program onlineClass.cpp answers the following question: How late is it in given time zones when I […]