C++20 Modules, CMake, And Shared Libraries
See how to install and consume shared libraries with C++20 modules using CMake. This article starts where most basic tutorials stop!
C++, CMake
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Topics relating to the C++ language, techniques, etc.
CppCon 2019: Deep CMake For Library Authors
This talk highlights key CMake features relevant to C++ cross-platform library authors, digging deeper into platform-specific quirks and conventions.
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Avoiding Copies And Moves With auto
When C++11 introduced auto, it opened up a whole range of useful techniques and improved the life of C++ developers
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Using ccache with CMake
Getting ccache to work with CMake is not overly complicated, but the way to do it is not always obvious. This is especially true with Xcode builds. This article demonstrates how to set up a CMake project to use ccache with Unix Makefiles, Ninja or Xcode generators, with Xcode receiving special attention.
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Member Function Overloading: Choices You Didn’t Know You Had
Let’s explore your understanding of member function overloading. For a given class, how many different non-template overloads can you define
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Move constructors can copy and std::move doesn’t move anything
I recently came across an interesting use of std::move which looked something like the following: void MyObject::processItems() { std::vector<int>
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OnLeavingScope: The sequel
In a previous article, the OnLeavingScope class was presented as a technique for robustly and concisely handling scenarios involving multi-step
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Let your compiler do your housekeeping
A common sequence of steps we mortal software developers frequently find ourselves implementing goes something like this: Perform some sort
C++, CMake
Enabling C++11 And Later In CMake
Updated June 2020 With the constant evolution of C++, build systems have had to deal with the complication of selecting
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Practical uses for variadic templates
You might not have even heard of parameter packs or variadic templates before, but if you’ve worked with C++ templates