Definition Clamp is an algorithm added in C++17 that is used to limit a value in a given range. If value > max, value is set to max If value < min, value is set to min Syntax Before C++17, we were relying on the following code (or similar) to […]
C++17
Syntax [crayon-5cb9e7b545be9415989937/] Tuples and data fetching Tuples are suggested for returning multiple values from a function. They are in a strong relation with std::tie, which is used for retrieving the values. The only problem is that we have to have all those variables previously declared. [crayon-5cb9e7b545bf3231312923/] But what if […]
Language feature: Structured binding
Syntax [crayon-5cb9e7b546112693531798/] Invoke gives a uniform way of calling methods and functions. But why would we use this ? Let’s try to call some class functions, assuming we have the following struct defined. [crayon-5cb9e7b54611a006779810/] Before invoke: [crayon-5cb9e7b546121753182280/] After invoke: [crayon-5cb9e7b546126067444099/] This is pretty handy when you would like / need […]
Library feature: std::invoke
Syntax [crayon-5cb9e7b5465d1043696051/] Attributes are something that provides some warnings or restraints to the compiler, and inform the reader of the specific situation. The following attributes were defined in C++14 and C++17: [crayon-5cb9e7b5465da168497391/] Deprecated [crayon-5cb9e7b5465e1454318852/] Indicates that the use of the name or entity declared with this attribute is allowed, but […]
Language feature: Attributes
Syntax [crayon-5cb9e7b546b27496757838/] std::optional behaves as a variant of a type T and the value std::nullopt. We can set the value as we would do with any other type, but we can also assign it to std::nullopt – instead of returning nullptr, -1, 0, “”, or whatever we’d expect to receive […]
Library feature: std::optional
Nested namespaces is a tiny feature but i find it very useful. Before C++17, using multi-level namespaces was irritating both to read and to write. [crayon-5cb9e7b546f32634940440/] We could have improve the indentation by having everything in one line, but that looks horrible as well. [crayon-5cb9e7b546f3b936700249/] Luckily, C++17 now let’s you […]
Language feature: Nested namespaces
Variadic templates in C++11 The C++11 gave us the variadic templates, which allows us to send a variable number of parameters to a function. The way it is done is to call the function recursively, with the remaining parameters. The problem with that is that we had to specify the […]
Language feature: Fold expressions
Syntax [crayon-5cb9e7b547716597641298/] std::variant is a modern, safer alternative to the old unions. What are the differences? std::variant is type-safe: the variant knows what type it currently holds – but needs more memory space in order to do so std::variant calls the destructor of the object when it changes its type […]
Library feature: std::variant
Syntax [crayon-5cb9e7b547b9b948054394/] How would we write the previous code before C++17? It would look something like this: [crayon-5cb9e7b547ba3421530865/] From the following code, we can see that result is added into the enclosing scope, even if we wanted to use it ONLY inside the if / else statement. Using C++17 init […]
Language feature: Initializers in if and switch statements
Syntax [crayon-5cb9e7b548004152031122/] constexpr Before discussing about if-constexpr, we should discuss first about constexpr. It was introduced in C++11 to mark an expression as having a compile-time constant result. More about constexpr can be read here. if-constexpr if-constexpr simply add if statements at compile time. This way, we can get rid […]