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Learning C++ Functional Programming

By : Wisnu Anggoro

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Learning C++ Functional Programming

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By: Wisnu Anggoro

Overview of this book

Functional programming allows developers to divide programs into smaller, reusable components that ease the creation, testing, and maintenance of software as a whole. Combined with the power of C++, you can develop robust and scalable applications that fulfill modern day software requirements. This book will help you discover all the C++ 17 features that can be applied to build software in a functional way. The book is divided into three modules—the first introduces the fundamentals of functional programming and how it is supported by modern C++. The second module explains how to efficiently implement C++ features such as pure functions and immutable states to build robust applications. The last module describes how to achieve concurrency and apply design patterns to enhance your application’s performance. Here, you will also learn to optimize code using metaprogramming in a functional way. By the end of the book, you will be familiar with the functional approach of programming and will be able to use these techniques on a daily basis.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

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Diving into Modern C++

Diving into Modern C++

Getting closer with several new features in modern C++

Leveraging the use of C++ language with the C++ Standard Libraries

Simplifying the function notation using a Lambda expression

Avoiding manual memory management with smart pointers

Storing many different data types using tuples

Summary

Manipulating Functions in Functional Programming

Manipulating Functions in Functional Programming

Applying the first-class function in all functions

Getting acquainted with three functional techniques in the higher-order function

Avoiding the side effect with pure function

Reducing a multiple arguments function with currying

Summary

Applying Immutable State to the Function

Applying Immutable State to the Function

Understanding the essential part from immutable object

Preventing the modification of a value

Applying the first-class function and the pure function to the immutable object

Developing the immutable object

Enumerating the benefits of being immutable

Summary

Repeating Method Invocation Using Recursive Algorithm

Repeating Method Invocation Using Recursive Algorithm

Repeating the function invocation recursively

Recurring the immutable function

Getting closer to tail recursion

Getting acquainted with functional, procedural, and backtracking recursion

Summary

Procrastinating the Execution Process Using Lazy Evaluation

Procrastinating the Execution Process Using Lazy Evaluation

Evaluating the expression

The basic concept of lazy evaluation

Lazy evaluation in action

Summary

Optimizing Code with Metaprogramming

Optimizing Code with Metaprogramming

Introduction to metaprogramming

Building the template metaprogramming

Selecting a type in compile-time

Flow control with template metaprogramming

Executing the code in compile-time

Benefits and drawbacks of metaprogramming

Summary

Running Parallel Execution Using Concurrency

Running Parallel Execution Using Concurrency

Concurrency in C++

Synchronizing the threads using mutex

Understanding the thread processing in a Windows operating system

Summary

Creating and Debugging Application in Functional Approach

Creating and Debugging Application in Functional Approach

Preparing an imperative class

Refactoring the imperative class to become a functional class

Debugging the code

Summary

Refactoring the imperative class to become a functional class

Indeed, the preceding Customer class can work well, and we have successfully invoked its methods. However, the class can still be tweaked by transforming it into a functional class. As we can see in the preceding code, we can implement a pure function, first-class function, higher-order function, and memoization to it to make it become functional. So, in this section, we will refactor the Customer class to become a functional class and use the knowledge we have from the previous chapters. In the upcoming section, we will implement the functional method that we have discussed in the previous chapter, which is the first-class function.

Passing a function as a parameter

As we discussed in Chapter 2, Manipulating Functions in Functional Programming, we can rewrite the function to be a first-class function, which means we can pass a function to another function. We will simplify the definition of all the four methods we have in the Step01...

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