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An Overview of the New C++ (C++0x)

Specification of the next version of C++ (“C++0x”) is nearing completion, and many compilers (e.g., Visual C++ and Gnu C++) already offer several features from the revised language. And such features! auto-declared variables reduce typing drudgery and syntactic noise; Unicode and threading support address important functionality gaps; and rvalue references and variadic templates facilitate the creation of more efficient, more flexible libraries. The standard library gains resource-managing smart pointers, new containers, additional algorithms, support for regular expressions, and more. Altogether, C++0x offers much more than “old” C++. This intensively technical seminar introduces the most important new features in C++0x and explains how to get the most out of them.

Course Highlights

Participants will gain:

• Knowledge of the most important C++0x features and how they help produce better programs.
• Insights into how new features solve important problems.
• Understanding of which features are useful primarily to library writers, which to class authors, and which to virtually all C++ developers.
• Availability information regarding which features are available on which platforms.

Who Should Attend

Designers and developers who are using, considering using, or wish to know about the expanded capabilities of C++0x. Attendees should be experienced with C++ and comfortable with its primary features (e.g., classes, templates, inheritance, STL, etc.). Familiarity with threading concepts (e.g., threads and mutexes) is helpful, but is not essential.

Format

Lecture and question/answer. There are no hands-on exercises, but participants are welcome – encouraged! – to bring computers to experiment with the material as it is presented.

Length

Three full days (six to seven lecture hours per day).

Detailed Topic Outline

• The History and Vocabulary of C++ Evolution
• Sample Program: C++98 vs. C++0x
• Features for Everybody:
  • auto for Type Declarations
  • Range-Based for Loops
  • “>>” as Nested Template Closer
  • nullptr
  • Unicode characters and strings
  • Raw string literals
  • Uniform initialization syntax
  • Initializer lists
  • Lambda Expressions
  • Template Aliases
  • Threading Support
  • Library Enhancements:
    • New Container Features
    • Smart Pointers (shared_ptr, weak_ptr, unique_ptr)
    • Hash Tables
    • Singly-Linked Lists
    • Fixed-Size Arrays
    • Tuples
    • Regular Expressions
    • Generalized Functors(function)
    • Generalized Binder (bind)
    • New Algorithms
    • Other New Library Functionality
• Features Primarily for Class Authors:
  • Move Support and Rvalue References
  • default Member Functions
  • delete Functions
  • Default Member Initialization
  • Delegating Constructors
  • Inheriting Constructors
• Features Primarily for Library Authors:
  • Static Assertions
  • explicit Conversion Functions
  • Variadic Templates
  • decltype
  • Perfect Forwarding
• Yet More Features (Overview)
• Removed and Deprecated Features (Overview)
• Sources for Further Information

For more information on this course, contact Scott directly.