Archive for month: April, 2019

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Modules

April 29, 2019

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Modules are one of the five prominent features of C++20. Modules will overcome the restrictions of header…

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C++ Core Guidelines: The Remaining Rules about Source Files

April 25, 2019

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Today, I complet the rules of the C++ core guidelines to source files. They are about header files and…

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The new pdf bundle is available: C++ Core Guidlines – Templates and Generic Programming

April 18, 2019

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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 Guidelines: Source Files

April 16, 2019

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The organization of source files is a topic quite seldom addressed in C++. With C++20, we will get modules,…

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C++ Insights – Lambdas

April 11, 2019

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Honestly, many programmers in my classes have issues with the syntactic sugar of lambdas. Desugaring…

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C++ Insights – Variadic Templates

April 4, 2019

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Variadic templates are a C++ feature that looks quite magic the first time you see them. Thanks to C++…

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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 […]