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Dealing with Mutation: Guarded Suspension

May 29, 2023

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Guarded Suspension applies a unique strategy to deal with mutation. It signals when it is done with…

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Dealing with Mutation: Locking

May 15, 2023

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Locking is a classical way to protect a shared, mutable state. Today, I will present the two variants,…

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Dining Philosophers Problem III

January 8, 2022

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This post ends the mini-series about the dining philosophers problem by Andre Adrian. Today, he applies…

An illustration of the dining philosophers problem

Dining Philosophers Problem II

January 8, 2022

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In the last post "Dining Philosophers Problem I", Andre Adrian started his analysis of the classical…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Sharing Data between Threads

May 11, 2018

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If you want to have fun with threads, you should share mutable data between them. To get no data race…

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C++ Core Guidelines: Rules for Concurrency and Parallelism

April 21, 2018

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C++11 is the first C++ standard that deals with concurrency. The basic building block for concurrency…

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Single Threaded: Summation of a Vector

September 3, 2016

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What is the fastest way to add the elements of a std::vector? This a question that I will pursue in the…

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Thread-Safe Initialization of a Singleton

August 23, 2016

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There are a lot of issues with the singleton pattern. I'm aware of that. But the singleton pattern is…

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Ongoing Optimization: Locks and Volatile with CppMem

August 9, 2016

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The easiest way to solve the undefined behaviour in the post Ongoing Optimization: Unsynchronized access…

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Prefer Locks to Mutexes

May 12, 2016

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If the previous post showed something, it's that you should use mutexes with great care. That's why you…

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std::execution: Inclusive ScanDecember 2, 2024 - 10:30 am
Inclusive scan solves problems related to range queries, such as calculating the sum of a range of elements in an array. It is also used in range minimum queries and various other algorithms. Before I present the asynchronous inclusive scan, I introduce the inclusive scan, aka prefix sum. Prefix Sum In computer science, the prefix […]
std::execution: Asynchronous AlgorithmsNovember 25, 2024 - 9:06 am
std::execution supports many asynchronous algorithms for various workflows. Presenting proposal P2300R10 is not easy. First, it is very powerful, and second, it is very long. Therefore, I concentrate on specific aspects of the proposal. What are the priorities of this proposal? Priorities The terms execution resource, execution agent, and scheduler are essential for the understanding […]
std::executionNovember 18, 2024 - 9:03 am
std::execution, previously known as executors or Senders/Receivers, provides “a Standard C++ framework for managing asynchronous execution on generic execution resources“. (P2300R10) Side Note Change of plans. My original plan was to present the C++26 library after the core language. However, the implementation status of the library is not good enough. Therefore, I decided to continue […]
C++26 Core Language: Small ImprovementsNovember 4, 2024 - 8:34 am
There are more small improvements in the C++26 language, which you should know. static_assert extension First, here’s the syntax of static_assert in C++11: static_assert(compile time predicate, unevaluated string) With C++26, the string can be a user-defined type having the following properties: static_assert can now be used with a format string. Here’s a nice example from […]
Placeholders and Extended Character SetOctober 28, 2024 - 10:19 am
Placeholders are a nice way to highlight variables that are no longer needed. Additionally, the character set of C++26 will be extended. Placeholders Structured bindings are a C++17 feature that allows you to bind multiple variables to the elements of a structured object. The following program demonstrates using tuples and structured bindings to return and […]
Contracts in C++26October 21, 2024 - 9:54 am
Contracts allow you to specify preconditions, postconditions, and invariants for functions. Contracts should already be part of C++20 but were removed in the standard meeting in Cologne. Here is what Herb Sutter said about contracts on Sutter’s Mill: “contracts is the most impactful feature of C++20 so far, and arguably the most impactful feature we […]