Advanced C++ lectures

Contribution List

0. To Copy or Not to Copy: A Deeper Look at Values in C++

Walter E Brown

20/07/2009, 09:30

Objectives: * To identify selected opportunities for improved performance in C++ programs. * To learn how to take best advantage of those opportunities in modern standard C++, and to prepare for related new techniques that will become available in the next C++ standard. * To obtain a deeper understanding of the two kinds of values available to C++ programmers.

1. Fine Points of C++ Pointers: Dumb, Smart, and Smarter

Walter E Brown

21/07/2009, 09:30

Objectives: * To review traditional C++ pointer manipulation, and pointers' role in dynamic memory management. * To treat dynamic memory management as a special case of the more general resource management problem. * To learn best-practice techniques of resource management in modern standard C++, and to prepare for related new techniques that will become available in the next C++ standard.

2. C++ Templates and Template Metaprogramming

Walter E Brown

22/07/2009, 09:30

Objectives: * To introduce and apply the syntax and semantics of C++ function templates and class templates. * To understand common template-based programming practices and techniques, including generic programming, traits, concepts, and adapters. * To understand and apply techniques of C++ template metaprogramming, including compile-time type computations, algorithms, and control structures.

3. C++ Exception Safety: Issues and Best Practices

Walter E Brown

23/07/2009, 09:30

Objectives: * To survey common error-handling approaches, with attention to their relative merits and drawbacks. * To obtain a mental model of exception safety, including techniques for reasoning about code in the presence of errors and exceptions. * To understand and apply the characteristics of the exception-handling mechanisms in the C++ core language, including try-blocks,...

4. Exploring Callability: Functions and Function Objects in Modern C++

Walter E Brown

24/07/2009, 09:30

Objectives: * To review basic function behavior, emphasizing the role of the function call operator. * To understand generalized callable entities (function objects) and their types. * To apply the characteristics of function objects to customize generic algorithms. * To understand and apply basic techniques of currying and other forms of parameter binding available via the facilities of...