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Arne Mertz from Simplify C++!
You’ve probably heard about the rule to prefer standard algorithms over raw for loops. The major reason is that those algorithms say what is happening in the name and encapsulate […]
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Daniele Pallastrelli from Simplify C++!
Today, I have a guest post by Daniele Pallastrelli about extern template for you. Daniele has been programming and designing software for the last 20+ years and he’ s passionate […]
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Arne Mertz from Simplify C++!
There are two different ways to create a std::shared_ptr: via one of its constructors and via std::make_shared. Both have their merits and different tradeoffs. First of all I’d like to […]
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Arne Mertz from Simplify C++!
With the new C++ standards, we got a lot of features that feel like “quality-of-life” features. They make things easier for the programmer but do not add functionality that wasn’t […]
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Alfredo Correa from Simplify C++!
Today I am happy to present a guest post by Alfredo Correa about covariant visitors for std::variant. Alfredo works at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he uses C++ to develop […]
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Arne Mertz from arne-mertz.de
Having written about std::variant and std::visit last week, it’s time to string together some modern C++ features to build a naive basic implementation of overload, a proposed C++ feature. Recap: […]
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Arne Mertz from arne-mertz.de
std::variant is a library addition in C++17 for sum types, and std::visit is one of the ways to process the values in a std::variant. Sum types What is a sum […]
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Arne Mertz from arne-mertz.de
Contrary to Sunday’s orchestrated April Fool’s posts, raw pointers are not going anywhere. However, there are some things in those posts that are based on reality. I’ll go into a […]
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