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Advanced C++

You're reading from   Advanced C++ Master the technique of confidently writing robust C++ code

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2019
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ISBN-13 9781838821135
Length 762 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Olena Lizina Olena Lizina
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Rakesh Mane Rakesh Mane
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Gazihan Alankus Gazihan Alankus
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Brian Price Brian Price
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Vivek Nagarajan Vivek Nagarajan
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

About the Book 1. Anatomy of Portable C++ Software 2A. No Ducks Allowed – Types and Deduction FREE CHAPTER 2B. No Ducks Allowed – Templates and Deduction 3. No Leaks Allowed - Exceptions and Resources 4. Separation of Concerns - Software Architecture, Functions, and Variadic Templates 5. The Philosophers' Dinner – Threads and Concurrency 6. Streams and I/O 7. Everybody Falls, It's How You Get Back Up – Testing and Debugging 8. Need for Speed – Performance and Optimization 1. Appendix

Function Objects and Lambda Expressions

One common pattern used in programming, particularly when implementing event-based processing, such as asynchronous input and output, is the use of the callback. A client registers that they want to be notified that an event has occurred (For example: data is available to read, or a data transmission is complete). This pattern is known as Observer pattern or Subscriber Publisher pattern. C++ supports a variety of techniques to provide the callback mechanism.

Function Pointers

The first mechanism is the use of the function pointers. This is a legacy feature inherited from the C language. The following program shows an example of a function pointer:

#include <iostream>

using FnPtr = void (*)(void);

void function1()

{

    std::cout << "function1 called\n";

}

int main()

{

    std::cout << "\n\n------ Function Pointers ------\n";

    FnPtr fn{function1};

   ...

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