I'm totally happy to announce that this post starts a series of posts to C++ Insights. C++ Insights is an awesome tool which I use heavily in my posts and in my classes to show the magic of the C++ compiler.

Due to the same history of C and C++, both languages are closely related. Because neither of them is a subset of the other, you have to know a few rules to mix them.

I assume you saw the additional keywords typename or template used before a name in a template. Me too. Honestly, I was quite surprised. Today's post is about dependent names and various template parameters.

I often teach the basics to templates. Templates are special. Therefore, I encounter many misconceptions which cause surprises. Here are a few of them.

Today, I finish the C++ core guidelines rules to templates with a big surprise for many C++ developers. I write about the specialisation of function templates.

Today, I write about the few remaining rules to templates. Because a collective name is missing, they put the heterogenous rules to templates in the section other. The rules are about best practices but also about surprises. 

My mini-series about programming at compile time started with template metaprogramming, continued with the type-traits library, and ends today with constant expressions (constexpr).

The type-traits library supports type checks, type comparisons, and type modifications at compile time. Right! Today, I write about type modifications at compile time.

My journey through programming at compile time began in the last posts with template metaprogramming. Today, I jump from C++98 to C++11. This is a jump to the type-traits library which is template metaprogramming in a standardised way.

Today, I will continue my introduction to programming at compile time. The last post started with template metaprogramming. Here is where I pick-up today and finish.