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Template Metaprogramming with C++

By : Marius Bancila
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Book Image

Template Metaprogramming with C++

5 (1)
By: Marius Bancila

Overview of this book

Learn how the metaprogramming technique enables you to create data structures and functions that allow computation to happen at compile time. With this book, you'll realize how templates help you avoid writing duplicate code and are key to creating generic libraries, such as the standard library or Boost, that can be used in a multitude of programs. The introductory chapters of this book will give you insights into the fundamentals of templates and metaprogramming. You'll then move on to practice writing complex templates and exploring advanced concepts such as template recursion, template argument deduction, forwarding references, type traits, and conditional compilation. Along the way, you'll learn how to write variadic templates and how to provide requirements to the template arguments with C++20 constraints and concepts. Finally, you'll apply your knowledge of C++ metaprogramming templates to implement various metaprogramming patterns and techniques. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to write effective templates and implement metaprogramming in your everyday programming journey.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Part 1: Core Template Concepts
5
Part 2: Advanced Template Features
9
Part 3: Applied Templates
Appendix: Closing Notes

Chapter 8, Ranges and Algorithms

Question 1

What are the sequence containers from the standard library?

Answer

The sequence containers from the C++ standard library are std::vector, std::deque, std::list, std::array, and std::forward_list.

Question 2

What are the common member functions defined in the standard containers?

Answer

The member functions that are defined for most containers in the standard library are size (not present in std::forward_list), empty, clear (not present in std::array, std::stack, std::queue, and std::priority_queue), swap, begin, and end.

Question 3

What are iterators and how many categories exist?

Answer

An iterator is an abstraction that enables us to access the elements of a container in a generic way, without having to know the implementation details of each container. Iterators are key for writing general-purpose algorithms. There are six categories of iterators in C++: input, forward, bidirectional, random-access, contiguous...