cpp_sandbox

Sandbox to experiment with:

• travis and coveralls integration
• bjam / Boost.Testing build tool
• modern C++ features

C++ tips:

• reverse_iterators refer/dereference to the position right before the one they’re initialized with:
  • so for range it is ok to specify range: std::reverse_iterator(end_it), std::reverse_iterator(begin_it)
  • for translation of single iterator: std::reverse_iterator( std::next(iter) ) ) so iter can not be end()
• more stuff goes here ...

Gurus:

• Sean Parent

  • Write all code as if it where a library you intend to submit for standardization.

  • Focus on the interface.

  • Borrow, don’t invent.

  • Write complete and efficient types.

  • Use algorithms instead of loops.

  • Avoid inheritance and owning pointers in your interface.

  • Make your data structures explicit.

  • Use a task system, message queues, futures with continuations, and parallel algorithms, instead of threads, mutexes, semaphores, and condition variables. It is important to be able to scale down to a single thread as well as up to many.

  • Embrace nothingness.

  • Finally, don’t worry about how much space there is around parentheses, what line the curly brace goes, or if you use spaces or tabs. These are bike-shed arguments.