C++: Pattern Matching Template Types
How to check if a template type matches a pattern? Something like is_like_v<T, vector<int,_>>.
10 min read
2 Mar 24
C++: Overloading the Spaceship Operator, A Recipe
How to overload the three-way comparison (spaceship) operator<=>, and a reminder to overload operator== as well.
5 min read
9 Feb 24
C++: Check if a type is an instantiation of a given class template
How to implement an is_instance_of type trait.
6 min read
5 Feb 24
3 Feb 24
C++: Forwarding references, overload resolution, and taking back control
Consider merging overloads into one function with forwarding reference parameters
7 min read
27 Jan 24
C++: Disable implicit conversion in specific contexts only
You get one implicit conversion, so burn it with a wrapper
4 min read
14 Nov 23
3 Sep 23
C++: Revisiting combinatorial instantiation of templates with std::variant
Compiler optimizations can break it, function attributes can fix it.
4 min read
16 Aug 23
C++: Combinatorial instantiation of templates with std::variant
An alternative to explicit instantiations and macros.
5 min read
11 Jun 23
C++: Avoiding Argument Dependent Lookup
A little trick using an extra namespace and cross-import.
4 min read
30 Apr 23
Tattoo the Sea
“Fat rain poked the terrace. Separate splots—caliper-sizeable, measurable, aged and faded by the sun and vanished back to sky. ”
13 min read
7 Apr 23