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Modern C++ Programming Cookbook

You're reading from   Modern C++ Programming Cookbook Master C++ core language and standard library features, with over 100 recipes, updated to C++20

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800208988
Length 750 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Marius Bancila Marius Bancila
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface Learning Modern Core Language Features Working with Numbers and Strings FREE CHAPTER Exploring Functions Preprocessing and Compilation Standard Library Containers, Algorithms, and Iterators General-Purpose Utilities Working with Files and Streams Leveraging Threading and Concurrency Robustness and Performance Implementing Patterns and Idioms Exploring Testing Frameworks C Plus Plus 20 Core Features Bibliography Other Books You May Enjoy
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Writing a function template with a variable number of arguments

It is sometimes useful to write functions with a variable number of arguments or classes with a variable number of members. Typical examples include functions such as printf, which takes a format and a variable number of arguments, or classes such as tuple. Before C++11, the former was possible only with the use of variadic macros (which enable writing only type-unsafe functions) and the latter was not possible at all. C++11 introduced variadic templates, which are templates with a variable number of arguments that make it possible to write both type-safe function templates with a variable number of arguments, and also class templates with a variable number of members. In this recipe, we will look at writing function templates.

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Functions with a variable number of arguments are called variadic functions. Function templates with a variable number of arguments are called variadic function templates...

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