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Use namespaces
Today's post is motivated by some past discussion that came up during standardization. The renaming of two views back to their originally proposed names P2501R0. One was a rename [...]
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Code formatting for a programming book
As you might know, I've published a book about C++20 called Programming with C++20. In the course of writing this book, several topics have been raised, which I like to share here [...]
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C++23 - std::expected, the superior way of returning a value or an error
In today's post, I like to jump in time and fast forward to what is coming with C++23, a new data type in the STL std::expected (P0323). The idea behind this data type isn't new. [...]
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Book: Programming with C++20 - Updated GitHub code examples
It's been nearly one year since I published Programming with C++20 - Concepts, Coroutines, Ranges, and more. Time to check how compilers have improved in terms of C++20 support. [...]
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C++ Insights: Lambdas in unevaluated contexts
About two weeks ago, I added support for P0315R4: Lambdas in unevaluated contexts, to C++ Insights. [...]
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C++ Insights lambda hunt
Let's do something special today! Last week I added support for P0315R4: Lambdas in unevaluated contexts. [...]
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The power of ref-qualifiers
In today's post, I discuss an often unknown feature, C++11's ref-qualifiers. [...]
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Using a new C++ standard - The pain of being at the cutting edge
As you probably heard, I wrote a book about C++20 called Programming with C++20. My goal was, and is, to show correct C++20 code as early as possible. Given that even in 2022, [...]
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iX Article: Ressourcensparend programmieren - Lernen von der Embedded-Entwicklung
An article I wrote for the German iX magazine "Ressourcensparend programmieren - Lernen von der Embedded-Entwicklung" is available in issue 2022/13. It is available as a printed [...]
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Destructors and noexcept
Since we have noexcept in the language, destructors are implicitly noexcept. One interesting part here is that this statement is true for user-defined destructors as well as for [...]