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Arne Mertz from Simplify C++!
Sometimes we need unformatted data, simple byte sequences. At first glance, std::string might be a fitting data structure for that, but it is not. Think about data we get from […]
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Arne Mertz from Simplify C++!
The term “Modern C++” is often used interchangeably with “Code using the new C++ standard”. Here, “new” may be anything from C++11 to C++17 or even whatever is available of […]
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Matt Bentley from Simplify C++!
Today I am pleased to announce another guest post by Matt Bentley. Matt writes about when elegance in code can hurt simplicity. If you’d like to write a guest post […]
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Arne Mertz from Simplify C++!
Today I’ll continue the little CMake tutorial series. We’ll add a few options and a bit of fine-tuning to the compilation of our example project. This post is part of […]
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Arne Mertz from Simplify C++!
Sometimes we want to express the state of “nothing meaningful” instead of a value. This is the use case for C++17’s std::optional. In programming, we often come across the situation […]
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Arne Mertz from arne-mertz.de
There’s some great news coming from the C++ standards committee: Raw pointers are gone – or rather will be in C++20. Gone, finally Two weeks ago, the ISO C++ standards […]
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Arne Mertz from arne-mertz.de
I have had a lot of questions and discussions lately about the necessity for a code of conduct at conferences. I boycott any conference that does not have one or […]
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Arne Mertz from arne-mertz.de
In my last post, I wrote about forward declarations for normal classes. Today, I give you some information about forward-declaring templates and enums. Forward-declaring Enums As I wrote in the […]
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