Creating Recursive Lambdas ... and returning them too!

Ever since C++ adopted lambda expressions, many have stumbled upon the question whether they can be recursive. IMO, if an anonymous function...

Moving elements from STL containers and std::initializer_list

Lot has been said about effectively using move-semantics, such as return-by-value and pass sink arguments by-value to constructors (and mov...

Overloading in Overdrive: A Generic Data-Centric Messaging Library for DDS

Slides of my Silicon Valley Code Camp (2013) talk are now available . If you attended this session in person please evaluate it. I take fee...

21 Ways of Passing Parameters ... Plus One!

You probably already know that there are 21 ways of passing parameters to a C++11 function! In case you lost the count somewhere, lets count...

DDS Programming using Modern C++

I'm not the only one who agrees that C++ is the awesomest language for network programming . Raw network programming, however, is very l...

Mixing Return Codes and Exceptions in C++

Happy New Year!! Many projects use libraries developed by different teams, organizations, and open-source communities. It is not rare to see...