Episode #8 - July 2021

A jam-packed episode, from executors to aborting contracts, via iterators and parallel algorithms, concepts, sanitizers, tools and more...

Links from this episode:

• C++ Annotated - July 2021 - If you prefer the same material in blog form
• JetBrains Developer Ecosystem report for C++, 2021
• Be Wise, Sanitize - Keeping Your C++ Code Free From Bugs - Cleaning up your address space with AddressSanitizer (ASan)
• MemorySanitizer: fast detector of uninitialized memory use in C++
• C++20 concepts are structural: What, why, and how to change it?
• Counting in Iteration Models
• copy_n's number of InputIterator increments unspecified - Old LEWG issue regarding impact of different number of increments on an InputIterator
• P2406R0 - Fix `counted_iterator` interaction with input iterators
• An iterator IS-NOT-A const_iterator
• How to Return Several Values from a Function in C++
• Performance of the Parallel STL Algorithms
• P2300R1: std::execution - New proposal that aims to replace executors
• P0443R14: A Unified Executors Proposal for C++ - The current state of the executors proposal
• P2388R0: Abort-only contract support
• P2392R1: Pattern matching using is and as
• P2409R0: Requirements for Usage of C++ Modules at Bloomberg
• Qt Creator 5.0 Beta Released
• CMake 3.21.0
• Hot Reload in Visual Studio 2022
• CMake 3.21.0
• CLion 2021.2
• And finally, Bjarne Stroustrup on the future of programming