Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Save more on your purchases now! discount-offer-chevron-icon
Savings automatically calculated. No voucher code required.
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Template Metaprogramming with C++

You're reading from   Template Metaprogramming with C++ Learn everything about C++ templates and unlock the power of template metaprogramming

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803243450
Length 480 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Marius Bancila Marius Bancila
Author Profile Icon Marius Bancila
Marius Bancila
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Core Template Concepts
2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Templates FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Template Fundamentals 4. Chapter 3: Variadic Templates 5. Part 2: Advanced Template Features
6. Chapter 4: Advanced Template Concepts 7. Chapter 5: Type Traits and Conditional Compilation 8. Chapter 6: Concepts and Constraints 9. Part 3: Applied Templates
10. Chapter 7: Patterns and Idioms 11. Chapter 8: Ranges and Algorithms 12. Chapter 9: The Ranges Library 13. Assignment Answers 14. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix: Closing Notes

Chapter 4, Advanced Template Concepts

Question 1

When is name lookup performed?

Answer

Name lookup is performed at the point of template instantiation for dependent names (those that depend on the type or value of a template parameter) and at the point of template definition for non-dependent names (those that don’t depend on template parameters).

Question 2

What are deduction guides?

Answer

Deduction guides are a mechanism that tells the compiler how to perform class template argument deduction. Deduction guides are fictional function templates representing constructor signatures of a fictional class type. If overload resolution fails on the constructed set of fictional function templates, then the program is ill-formed and an error is generated. Otherwise, the return type of the selected function template specialization becomes the deduced class template specialization.

Question 3

What are forwarding references?

Answer

A forward reference...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime