By Davide Di Gennaro

Complicated Metaprogramming in vintage C++ bargains an in depth inspect C++ template metaprogramming (TMP); TMP is gifted within the booklet as a collection of recommendations that would deliver a brand new kind in C++ and making it quite transparent and effective. The ebook bargains with language facets, layout styles, examples and purposes (seen as case studies). distinct emphasis is wear small reusable options that would enhance the standard of day-by-day work.

The ebook teaches metaprogramming utilizing vintage C++, that's, now not utilizing the 2 more moderen criteria. this can be performed to maximise compatibility and obviously illustrate the procedure, allowing the reader to understand tough fabric with out the burdens of compiler mistakes, and different pointless complexities and allowing a way more excessive remedy of the topic. In so doing, all next additions to the C++ language are totally suitable with the code during this ebook and clients conversant in them can leverage the techniiques brought in C++ XX to make the styles during this booklet much more robust. there's a bankruptcy even though that discusses concerns in regards to the more recent standards.

What makes the publication unprecedented is the extent of figuring out of the techniques concerned imparted through the writer. this isn't only a rote evaluation of metaprogramming. you are going to actually comprehend tough issues like static assertions, the way to write metafunctions, overload solution, lambda expressions, and so forth. greater than that, you'll paintings via them with sensible examples guided through the author's frank motives. This e-book calls for you to imagine and to benefit and to appreciate the language that you should software at a better level.

What you’ll learn

What templates and the small item toolkit are, and the way to exploit them
easy methods to do overload resolution
the way to do metaprogramming with interfaces, algorithms, functors and refactoring
the best way to paintings with code generators
what's opaque sort precept and the way to take advantage of it
tips on how to paintings with debugging templates and more
A bankruptcy dedicated to concerns surrounding C++0x and C++14

Who this publication is for

This booklet is for knowledgeable C++ programmers who are looking to study more.
Table of Contents

Part I

1. Templates

2. Small item Toolkit

Part II

3. Static Programming

4. Overload Resolution

5. Interfaces

6. Algorithms

7. Code Generators

8. Functors

9. Opaque kind Principle

Part III

10. Refactoring

11. Debugging Templates

12. C++0X

13. Appendix A: Exercises

14. Appendix B: Bibliography