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Tag Archives: type system
Ordering by constraints
In the previous post we have seen how constraint conjunction and disjunction works, and how a function template with constraints is a better match than a function template without constraints (provided that the constraints are satisfied) when determining the best … Continue reading
Requires-clause — updated
The previous post, “Requires-clause”, contained incorrect information about parentheses inside a requires-clause. Token || inside parentheses is still interpretted as a disjunction of two constraints. I apologize for misleading the readers. I also want to thank James Pfeffer for bringing … Continue reading
Requires-clause
Update. This post in its original form contained incorrect information about the meaning of parentheses inside requires-clauses in section Conjunction and Disjunction. The section has now been changed to correct this. The updated text is in blueish color. Even if … Continue reading
String’s competing constructors
Let’s start with the problem. I want to check whether a program received a text message that consists of four consecutive zeroes. Not ‘0’, but the numeric zero. I will create a constant std::string representing the special sequence and compare … Continue reading
Compile-time string concatenation
We will start with a bug, taken from real life. It spans across three files: Question: what happens when this program is executed?
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Toggles in functions
Have you ever seen a function call like this? We are processing something: this should be clear from the context. But what do these parameters mean? What is true and what is false? From the function call we will never … Continue reading
More const — fewer bugs
I have just read article “Please declare your variables as const” by Bartłomiej Filipek. It argues that declaring your variables const is beneficial for reasons other than performance. In particular, it can help find bugs in your code. Now, let … Continue reading
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