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GSL 3.0.0 Release

Jordan MaplesApril 16, 2020Apr 16, 202004/16/20

Update June 4th, 2020 - GSL version 3.1.0 has been released. Please see the latest release page for information regarding GSL 3.1.0. For all future updates, please see refer to the release page on GitHub. GSL 3.0.0 Release Version 3.0.0 of Microsoft's implementation of the C++ Core Guidelines Support Library (GSL) is now available

The Performance Benefits of Final Classes

Sy BrandMarch 2, 2020Mar 2, 202003/2/20

The final specifier in C++ marks a class or virtual member function as one which cannot be derived from or overriden. For example, consider the following code: If we attempt to write a new class which derives from `derived` then we get a compiler error: The final specifier is useful for expressing to readers of the code that a clas

C++20’s Conditionally Explicit Constructors

Sy BrandOctober 1, 2019Oct 1, 201910/1/19

explicit(bool) is a C++20 feature for simplifying the implementation of generic types and improving compile-time performance. In C++ it is common to write and use types which wrap objects of other types. std::pair and std::optional are two examples, but there are plenty of others in the standard library, Boost, and likely your own codebases

Simplify Your Code With Rocket Science: C++20’s Spaceship Operator

Cameron DaCamaraJune 27, 2019Jun 27, 201906/27/19

This post is part of a regular series of posts where the C++ product team here at Microsoft and other guests answer questions we have received from customers. The questions can be about anything C++ related: MSVC toolset, the standard language and library, the C++ standards committee, isocpp.org, CppCon, etc. Today's post is by Cameron DaCamar

Clear, Functional C++ Documentation with Sphinx + Breathe + Doxygen + CMake

Sy BrandJune 3, 2019Jun 3, 201906/3/19

Writing good documentation is hard. Tools can’t solve this problem in themselves, but they can ease the pain. This post will show you how to use Sphinx to generate attractive, functional documentation for C++ libraries, supplied with information from Doxygen. We’ll also integrate this process into a CMake build system so that we have a uni

Q&A: Fine-grained friendship

Herb SutterNovember 20, 2018Nov 20, 201811/20/18

This post is part of a regular series of posts where the C++ product team here at Microsoft answers questions we have received from customers. The questions can be about anything C++ related: Visual C++, the standard language and library, the C++ standards committee, isocpp.org, CppCon, etc. Today's Q&A is by Herb Sutter. Question Reader

Exploring Clang Tooling Part 3: Rewriting Code with clang-tidy

Stephen KellyNovember 6, 2018Nov 6, 201811/6/18

In the previous post in this series, we used clang-query to examine the Abstract Syntax Tree of a simple source code file. Using clang-query, we can prototype an AST Matcher which we can use in a clang-tidy check to refactor code in bulk. This time, we will complete the rewriting of the source code. Let's return to MyFirstCheck.cpp w

Exploring Clang Tooling Part 2: Examining the Clang AST with clang-query

Stephen KellyOctober 23, 2018Oct 23, 201810/23/18

This post is part of a regular series of posts where the C++ product team and other guests answer questions we have received from customers. The questions can be about anything C++ related: MSVC toolset, the standard language and library, the C++ standards committee, isocpp.org, CppCon, etc. Today’s post is by guest author Stephen Kelly,

Exploring Clang Tooling Part 1: Extending Clang-Tidy

Stephen KellyOctober 19, 2018Oct 19, 201810/19/18

Standard Library Algorithms: Changes and Additions in C++17

Visual CPP TeamOctober 16, 2018Oct 16, 201810/16/18

Today we have a guest post from Marc Gregoire, Software Architect at Nikon Metrology and Microsoft MVP since 2007. The C++14 standard already contains a wealth of different kinds of algorithms. C++17 adds a couple more algorithms and updates some existing ones. This article explains what’s new and what has changed in the C++17 Sta

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