Redirecting C++ Truths feed

Dear readers, Thanks for your continued interest in the C++ Truths blog and a steady stream of feedback comments. For quite some time now, I...

Function Template Overload Resolution and Specialization Anomaly

I recently realized that function template overloading and function template specialization can interact with each other in complex ways giv...

using std::copy on std::map iterator pair

Sometimes it is useful to be able iterate over all the elements of a std::map using standard algorithms like std::copy(), std::count(), std:...

New book on modern C++ idioms

For quite some time now, I am hoping to come across a book on modern C++ idiom as comprehensive as the Purple book by James Coplien! Finally...

const overload functions taking char pointers

Always have two overloaded versions of functions that take char * and const char * parameters. Declare (but don't define if not needed) ...

Future of C++ track @ ACCU

Recently held ACCU 2007 conference had a track dedicated to C++ called: Future of C++ Track. I have listed the presentations in that track ...

iterator tags idiom and compile-time algorithm selection

Compile-time algorithm selection can be done using function overloading and traits idiom . It is a quite useful technique in generic program...

Use of std::bad_exception

std::bad_exception is a useful device to handle unexpected exceptions in a C++ program , which works in conjunction with unexpected_handler....