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by Duthomhas

Random Story Time (1,2) [Lounge]

I once went to McDonalds, waaay back when $5 was expensive, and bought food that totaled something like $6.85. I gave the cashier a five, two ones, and a dim...

[25 replies] Last: Future story coming. Just don’t want the topic to close yet. (by Duthomhas)

by Laurent7601

Cylic inclusion and forward declaration and template issue. [General C++ Programming]

Hi, I've two classes (Server and Network) which have a template function defined in the .h file because we must define template function to header files. The p...

[2 replies] Last: Ok I've solved the issue thanks. (by Laurent7601)

by seeplus

C++ developments [Lounge]

This article may be of interest: https://www.itprotoday.com/c-programming-language/c-in-2025-how-the-language-is-adapting-to-a-shifting-tech-landscape

[8 replies] Last: The std::variant was ruined by committee. Use boost::variant instead. ... (by Duthomhas)

by Laurent7601

How to init this static var [General C++ Programming]

Hi! I've a template class Application which have a static var. (a pointer to the application instance) I declare it like this : static Application<A, T>* app...

[2 replies] Last: Templates need to be defined in the header file (unless you add explic... (by Peter87)

by Laurent7601

destructors are not called in the right order (1,2) [Windows Programming]

Hi! I've a bug with mingw, I've downloaded the msvcrt runtime mingw-w64 12.0 on this website (the lasted doesn't work for me, DllMain entry point missing...) : ...

[20 replies] Last: In other words, each component ended up storing its own copy of the de... (by Peter87)

by Laurent7601

compile error when building shared libs [Windows Programming]

I I'm trying to compile my lib on shared but I get this error message that I don't understand : [ 37%] Linking CXX shared library ..\..\..\lib\libodfaeg-gra...

[2 replies] Last: C and C++ use different name mangling. (by kigar64551)

by Xaxazak

discussion on std::ranges::iterator_t<T> being distinct from T::iterator (and same for begin) [General C++ Programming]

I recently spent an hour or so on a bug that came down to std::ranges::const_iterator_t<T> sometimes being different from T::const_iterator. For example: === s...

[4 replies] Last: [quote=Xaxazak]I recently spent an hour or so on a bug that came down ... (by TheIdeasMan)

by zapshe

Complacency (1,2,3) [Lounge]

We're here at the last chance for him to turn back. We all know defying their decision, especially being 9-0, is the hill he wants to die on. He's installed his...

[43 replies] Last: About all we have accomplished is that I dislike all politicians even... (by zapshe)

by Ganado

Safer way to maintain struct initializations [General C++ Programming]

I ran into this problem a bit ago, and was wondering what future-proofing refactor people would suggest. Let's say I have a struct that just contains some simp...

[5 replies] Last: Maybe you want to take a look at the "pimpl" (pointer to implementati... (by kigar64551)

by Heyyo53

PNG File Reader (1,2) [General C++ Programming]

I have been on a quest to write some kind of PNG file reader, mostly just for myself, and I was wondering if there is any good resources on how to do binary fil...

[38 replies] Last: Hmm... learning something new. According to cppreference.com it is on... (by Duthomhas)