Archive for category: C++ Core Guidelines

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C++ Core Guidelines: Other Template Rules

February 8, 2019

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Today, I write about the few remaining rules to templates. Because a collective name is missing, they…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Programming at Compile Time with constexpr

February 1, 2019

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My mini-series about programming at compile time started with template metaprogramming, continued with…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Programming at Compile Time with Type-Traits (The Second)

January 24, 2019

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The type-traits library supports type checks, type comparisons, and type modifications at compile time.…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Programming at Compile Time with the Type-Traits

January 17, 2019

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My journey through programming at compile time began in the last posts with template metaprogramming.…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Programming at Compile Time

January 10, 2019

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Today, I will continue my introduction to programming at compile time. The last post started with template…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Rules for Template Metaprogramming

January 3, 2019

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Yes, you read it correctly. Today, I write about template metaprogramming, programming with types and…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Rules for Variadic Templates

December 27, 2018

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Variadic templates are a typical feature of C++: from the user's perspective, they are easy to use, but…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Rules for Templates and Hierarchies

December 16, 2018

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Due to the C++ core guidelines, "Templates are the backbone of C++’s support for generic programming…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Ordering of User-Defined Types

December 9, 2018

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My post for today is just loosely coupled to the rules of the C++ core guidelines because they do provide…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Template Definitions

December 3, 2018

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Template definitions deal with guidelines that are specific to a template implementation. This means,…

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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 […]
Time Zones: DetailsMay 6, 2024 - 9:22 am
Today, I present the time-zones functionality of the C++20 extension.
C++20: Query Calendar Dates and Ordinal DatesApril 22, 2024 - 9:53 am
The extended chrono library makes it relatively easy to ask for the time duration between calendar dates. This post is the sixth in my detailed journey through the chrono extension in C++20: Query Calendar Dates Without further ado, the following program queryCalendarDates.cpp queries a few calendar dates. // queryCalendarDates.cpp #include <chrono> #include <iostream> int main() […]
C++20: Displaying and Checking Calendar DatesApril 15, 2024 - 9:20 am
I created calendar dates in my last post, “C++20: Creating Calendar Dates,” and I will display and check them today. This post is the fifth in my detailed journey through the chrono extension in C++20: Displaying Calendar Dates Thanks to std::chrono::local_days or std::chrono::sys_days, you can convert calendar dates to a local or a system std::chrono::time_point. […]
C++20: Creating Calendar DatesApril 8, 2024 - 10:51 am
In this post, I will dive deeper into calendar dates and create them. If this post is too overwhelming for you, read my previous ones: C++20 supports constants and literals to make using calendar-date types more convenient. Constants and Literals for Calendar Types Let me start with the constants for std::chrono::weekday, and std::chrono::month. std::chrono::Monday std::chrono::Thuesday […]
C++20: Time of DayMarch 25, 2024 - 10:08 am
This new data type std::chrono::hh_mm_ss in C++20 stands for the time of day. Time of Day std::chrono::hh_mm_ss is the duration since midnight split into hours, minutes, seconds, and fractional seconds. This type is typically used as a formatting tool. First, the following table gives you a concise overview of std::chrono::hh_mm_ss instance tOfDay. Depending on the […]