Author: Alberto Gramaglia

One of the most controversial features of C++, historically, regarded the use of “null” pointers in a consistent and type-safe manner. Intuitively, a null pointer…

This is one of the features that has always surprised me it was not supported in earlier standards. Even though it’s a very simple construct,…

Type systems are a major component of any programming language and, broadly speaking, their purpose is to associate “types” to “values” by finding a binding…

Correct data initialization is a fundamental concern in computer programming, especially when the environment does not provide a consistent behavior, which can lead to unexpected…

Prior to C++11 the only way to use something resembling a closure in C++ required either third party libraries (such as Boost Bind), rolling your…

Proper resource acquisition and management is core to writing safe and performant code. C++ has never provided any sort of built-in mechanism for that, so…