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Enum Enum: Only A Muppet Would Use The Old Form

February 22, 2013 · by · in Beginners Topics, C++, C++ Standard, Intermediate Topics · 1 Comment

I always found the handling of enumerated types in the original C++ standard to be a weak point of the language. Generally, wherever braces are used a new level of scope is defined… except in the case of enums it would seem. For example, it is not unreasonable to expect the following to compile without […]

News From The Rebel Alliance

November 7, 2012 · by · in C++, C++ Standard · Leave a comment

I finally got around to watching Herb Sutter’s much promoted Future of C++ webcast that went out live last Friday on MSDN’s Channel 9. The talk began with an update on Visual C++ detailing the work to include the remaining missing C++11 features. There seems to be criticism on some of the forums that no […]