General C++ Programming - March 2026

by Ganado
Why must base class be constructed before derived members?
 
I ran into this problem when trying to encapsulate behavior into an existing, rigid structure of a project I'm working on. See both the DerivedBad and Derive...
[6 replies] Last: I just made a benign, but similar initialization-order mistake and it ... (by Ganado)
Proposal for explict keyword for non constructor functions
 
So we have the explicit specifier for constructors, would it be better if we could have explicit for any type of callable functions as well. At the moment w...
[9 replies] Last: I have been a fan of cpp2, since Herb started it; I like the whole ide... (by TheIdeasMan)
by hmoein
Newest C++ DataFrame release with a bump in major release number.
 
Release 4.0.0 of C++ DataFrame (https://github.com/hosseinmoein/DataFrame) contains many new analytical constructs/routines. But the big news that justifies the...
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by kitfox
Will my compiler automatically reuse the return value of this method?
 
I'm wondering if my compiler will be smart enough to realize that the determinant() of this matrix has already been calculated and will reuse the value that was...
[4 replies] Last: I wasn't being very clear, yes you put it in much better terms than I ... (by Ganado)
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