C++ Template Metaprogramming

Concepts, Tools, and Techniques from Boost and Beyond

David Abrahams - Collection C++ In-depth Series

416 pages, parution le 10/01/2005

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Résumé

C++ Template Metaprogramming sheds light on the most powerful idioms of today's C++, at long last delivering practical metaprogramming tools and techniques into the hands of the everyday programmer.

A metaprogram is a program that generates or manipulates program code. Ever since generic programming was introduced to C++, programmers have discovered myriad "template tricks" for manipulating programs as they are compiled, effectively eliminating the barrier between program and metaprogram. While excitement among C++ experts about these capabilities has reached the community at large, their practical application remains out of reach for most programmers. This book explains what metaprogramming is and how it is best used. It provides the foundation you'll need to use the template metaprogramming effectively in your own work.

This book is aimed at any programmer who is comfortable with idioms of the Standard Template Library (STL). C++ power-users will gain a new insight into their existing work and a new fluency in the domain of metaprogramming. Intermediate-level programmers who have learned a few advanced template techniques will see where these tricks fit in the big picture and will gain the conceptual foundation to use them with discipline. Programmers who have caught the scent of metaprogramming, but for whom it is still mysterious, will finally gain a clear understanding of how, when, and why it works. All readers will leave with a new tool of unprecedented power at their disposal-the Boost Metaprogramming Library.

The companion CD-ROM contains all Boost C++ libraries, including the Boost Metaprogramming Library and its reference documentation, along with all of the book's sample code and extensive supplementary material.

L'auteur - David Abrahams

Dave Abrahams, a founding member and moderator of the Boost C++ library development group, heads Boost Consulting, a Somerville, Massachusetts company providing support and development services for the Boost C++ libraries. He has written six Boost libraries and contributed to several others. Abrahams has been an ANSI/ISO C++ committee member since 1996, when he contributed a theory, specification, and implementation of exception handling for the C++ standard library.

Sommaire

Introduction
Traits and Type Manipulation
A Deeper Look at Metafunctions
Integral Type Wrappers and Operations
Sequences and Iterators
Algorithms
Views and Iterator Adaptors
Diagnostics
Crossing the Compile-Time/Runtime Boundary
Domain-Specific Embedded Languages
A DSEL DesignWalkthrough

A. An Introduction to Preprocessor Metaprogramming
B. The typename and template Keywords
C. Compile-Time Performance
D. MPL Portability Summary

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	David Abrahams
Collection	C++ In-depth Series
Parution	10/01/2005
Nb. de pages	416
Format	19 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	640g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780321227256
ISBN13	978-0-321-22725-6