Many people look at the Coroutines TS and wonder, what is all of the fuss about? This article gives you one motivating example where lazy sequences enable you to seperate your concerns and maximize code reuse without increasing complexity. Example: Approximating the Golden Ratio Every Math student knows how to approximate the golden ratio via…

Make is a conceptually simple build-system, and it is packaged with major Linux distributions. However, Make should rarely be your build-system of choice when starting a new C++ project. That’s a bold claim, so here’s why… Writing a Large, Correct Makefile is Really Hard The dependency graph of a C++ library is actually quite complex. It must be…

C++ has evolved massively in recent years and yet it is still perceived by many as the language that it was back in the early 2000s. Let’s dispel some myths… C++ is a Dying Language C++ is actually growing! Even as computers becomes faster, our demands of what we want to do with them are…

Conduit is a new library that leverages the Coroutine TS to introduce lazy sequences to C++. Lazy sequences are an idea that’s very popular in the functional-programming community, but less common in the C++ world. Simply put, a lazy sequence is one where the elements are computed as they are…

An integral part of any build-system is to detect what has changed and what needs to be rebuilt. There are two approaches common approaches to this: Compare timestamps between the output and input files. If the input files are newer than the output files, then a rebuild is required. …

Excellent Precompiled Header Support Most people have a love-hate relationship with precompiled headers (PCH). On the one hand, they can dramatically accelerate your build-times from scratch (30% is not unheard of), but on the other hand, they can have devastating effects on your incremental build-times. Once in use, precompiled headers must be updated every…

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Introduction In C++, nothing prevents the programmer from including a header-file multiple times. This can cause a duplication of definitions, which is an error. Since it is difficult to ensure that a header-file is only included once, a common strategy is to make only the first include count. …

TL;DR Use Buck to generate a single-include header file for your library. This provides your users with an option for rapid development, which can be optimized later. Take a look at a working example on GitHub. Introduction A common pattern in C++ libraries is to provide a header file that includes all…