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description: Templates are among the most powerful features of C but they remain misunderstood and underutilized even as the C language and development community have advanced. In C Templates Second Edition three pioneering C experts show why when and how to use modern templates to build software thats cleaner faster more efficient and easier to maintain. Now extensively updated for the C11 C14 and C17 standards this new edition presents state-of-the-art techniques for a wider spectrum of applications. The authors provide authoritative explanations of all new language features that either improve templates or interact with them including variadic templates generic lambdas class template argument deduction compile-time if forwarding references and user-defined literals. They also deeply delve into fundamental language concepts (like value categories) and fully cover all standard type traits. The book starts with an insightful tutorial on basic concepts and relevant language features. The remainder of the book serves as a comprehensive reference focusing first on language details and then on coding techniques advanced applications and sophisticated idioms. Throughout examples clearly illustrate abstract concepts and demonstrate best practices for exploiting all that C templates can do. Understand exactly how templates behave and avoid common pitfalls Use templates to write more efficient flexible and maintainable software Master todays most effective idioms and techniques Reuse source code without compromising performance or safety Benefit from utilities for generic programming in the C Standard Library Preview the upcoming concepts feature
language: English
title: C++ Templates: The Complete Guide
publisher: None