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The difference between static_assert and C++20's requires
Over this year, I gave various presentations and classes about C++20's Concepts. In today's post, I like to discuss the difference between a static_assert and a Concept, or [...]
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Book: Programming with C++20 - Paperback edition available
You can now order Programming with C++20 - Concepts, Coroutines, Ranges, and more from Amazon. Due to your feedback, references carry page numbers and there is a full-color and a [...]
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Book: Programming with C++20 - What's your style preference?
Last week I ordered the first test print for Programming with C++20 - Concepts, Coroutines, Ranges, and more. I'm looking forward to holding it in my hands around Friday. This [...]
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A Visual Studio Code extension for C++ Insights
Some of you had asked for this in the past, and now it is there. Thanks to Tobias Fuchs (@meet__tobi), there is now an extension for Visual Studio Code that allows you to see the [...]
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C++20 Modules: Reachability and Visibility
C++20's modules are one feature of the big four, supposed to influence how we write C++ code in a huge way. One expectation we discussed in (C++20 Modules: The possible speedup) [...]
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Book: Programming with C++20 - Writing finished
A while ago, I announced that I was writing a book about C++20 (Programming with C++20 - Concepts, Coroutines, Ranges, and more). A lot of you have already purchased an early copy [...]
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C++20 Modules: Controlling your interfaces
C++20's modules are one feature of the big four, supposed to influence how we write C++ code in a huge way. One expectation we discussed in the last post (C++20 Modules: The [...]
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C++20 Modules: The possible speedup
C++20's modules are one feature of the big four, supposed to influence how we write C++ code in a huge way. One expectation I hear nearly all the time is the improvement of [...]
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My attempt to simplify C++
Since C++ started to move again with C++11 (no pun intended) we got a lot of new features and abilities in the language. That is great. Of course, not everything we want is [...]
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C++20 Dynamic Allocations at Compile-time
You may already have heard and seen that C++20 brings the ability to allocate dynamic memory at compile-time. This leads to std::vector and std::string being fully constexpr in [...]