Advanced Metaprogramming in Classic C++

metaprogramming (TMP); TMP is presented in the book as a set of techniques that will bring a new style in C++ and make code exceptionally clear and efficient. The book deals with language aspects, design patterns, examples and applications (seen as case studies). Special emphasis is put on small reusable techniques that will improve the quality of daily work.

What makes the book exceptional is the level of understanding of the concepts involved imparted by the author. This is not just a rote overview of metaprogramming. You will truly understand difficult topics like static assertions, how to write metafunctions, overload resolution, lambda expressions, and many others. More than that, you will work through them with practical examples guided by the author’s frank explanations. This book requires you to think and to learn and to understand the language so that you can program at a higher level.

Table of Contents

PART 1: #include < prerequisites>

Chapter 1: Templates

Chapter 2: Small Object Toolkit

PART 2: #include <techniques>

Chapter 3: Static Programming

Chapter 4: Overload Resolution

Chapter 5: Interfaces

Chapter 6: Algorithms

Chapter 7: Code Generators

Chapter 8: Functors

Chapter 9: The Opaque Type Principle

PART 3: #include <applications>

Chapter 10: Refactoring

Chapter 11: Debugging Templates

Chapter 12: C++0x

APPENDIX A: Exercises

APPENDIX B: Bibliography