explicit(bool) C++20 feature discussion, motivation, usage example, proposal and more. Basic explanation about explicit and implicit conversions pros and cons.
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[Solution] Riddle – The Shared View
The Shared View riddle solution. Involves usage example of shared_ptr aliasing constructor, design patterns reflection and factory, metaprogramming, string_view and variant/visit.
Riddle – The Shared View
C++ Riddle - involves shared_ptr, string_view and some metaprogramming.
The Mystery of The Missing Bytes
How to save bytes and alignment when containing some types inside a structure. Techniques to avoid wasting space on unique_ptr deleter and on another structures allocators like std vector or map. Taking into account Empty Base Optimization (EBO) and no_unique_address attribute sice C++20. Internal GCC and LLVM compilers implementations.
The Shared The Unique and The Weak – Initialization – Part 2
unique_ptr and weak_ptr constructors, initializers and usage examples. make_unique advantages and disadvantages. unique_ptr custom deleters usage examples and important notes to pay attention to.
The Shared The Unique and The Weak – Initialization – Part 1
Shared ptr allocations, initializations, and behind the scenes functionality. Constructors' usage summaries, the aliasing conatructor, make_shared & allocate_shared advantages and disadvantages.
The Shared, The Unique and The Weak
Smart memory management - the ability to maintain pointers "without worrying when they should be released" sounds really utopic, but is it really the entire truth about "smart pointers"?
Design Patterns: RunTime Reflection – C++
One of the most desired Design Patterns is reflection- The ability to use classes metadata (names, functions, properties, etc...) at runtime. By default this is not possible on C++, and sometimes the selected solution is to use macros, but today we are going to archive it without them.
Design Patterns: Decorators – C++
Design Patterns were always different in C++, and a usual use of these patterns in C++ might cause more complications and problems in this language. In this series of articles, I’ll show how to correctly implement them in C++. In this article we’ll see how to implement a compile-time Decorator.
