Would you like to generate a hierarchy of types on the fly using C++? Well, at least on-the-compilation-fly…
You could always use Andrei’s magnificent Loki library, or you could use my proposal, gen_hierarchy.
In short, I allow for two distinct types of hierarchies:
Spine-like, with the given types protruding as maximal elements on that spine.
A “simple” chain.
Let us [...]
Have you ever been frustrated with not being able to use full C++ while adhering to the MFC model?
MFC is based on C with a “little bit of inheritance,” which is quite far from the expressivity in modern C++ use. A C++ expert expects RAII (resource acquisition is resource initialization) and to be able to [...]
Finding good books about C++ is hard; they often belong to one of four categories:
Learn to program – too basic for people actually making money on this trade. However strange this might sound, there is a quite subtle difference between the DIY hobby programmer and the professional one. Ok, I know that most in the [...]
When diving down among the various parser generators and compiler tools around, there is another one – beside BNFC – that sticks out: Spirit. A template-oriented library that is part of the terrific Boost libraries (http://www.boost.org.)
Whereas most tools rely on code generation, and even code generation generation (BNFC…), Spirit is a metaprogramming library that describes [...]