In this blog we will explore one change the MSVC compiler has implemented in an effort to improve the codegen quality of applications in debug mode. We will highlight what the change does, and how it could be extended for the future.

C11 Atomics in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5 Preview 2

New High-confidence Lifetimes Checks in Visual Studio 2022

The /Gw switch enables the linker to optimize global data to reduce binary size. As part of the 17.5 Preview 2 release a new flag, /Zc:checkGwOdr[-], has been added to improve C++ standards conformance when using /Gw. Previously, when using /Gw,

IDN, International Domain Names, is the concept that lets us register and use international characters in domain names, and by international we of course mean characters outside of the ASCII range. Recently I have fought some battles against IDN and IDN decoding…

Conversions to and from IReference.

vcpkg Documentation Moves to Microsoft Docs Platform As of today, the vcpkg documentation has a new home at https://learn.microsoft.com/vcpkg. This is the platform that most Microsoft documentation is hosted on and comes with many features that make it easier…

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The Most Important Optimizations to Apply in Your C++ Programs - Jan Bielak - CppCon 2022
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Writing efficient programs is hard. This is because it requires a lot of knowledge, experience and strategic…

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Introduction to Hardware Efficiency C++ - Ivica Bogosavljevic - CppCon 2022
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Not all programs are created equally: some use hardware resources optimally, others not so much. In this lecture we…

In this technical blog, we’ll cover a variety of hardware specifications for embedded devices to give both the minimum and best performance for dynamic digital ads.

Reverse-engineering the usages from the code.

Почти под ёлочку состоялся минорный релиз 2.16.1, который, однако, содержит пару крутых фичей - например, SSHGI (глобальное освещение дымки в экранном пространстве), добавляющее сразу +100 к...

Turning Figma Design into Qt Quick Controls automatically using Qt Bridge for Figma and Qt Design Studio.

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From C++ Templates to C++ Concepts - The Amazing Journey of Metaprogramming - Alex Dathskovsky - CppCon 2022
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Metaprogramming is been with us since C++98 but as the language evolves we have more…

It does use it, although it doesn't look like it.