Episode #6 - May 2021

No Diagnostic Required

This month has a lot of errors. Finding coding errors, at runtime or compile/ analysis time. Handling error paths in code - all the different ways.

But we also look at building LLVM in 90 seconds, handling ABI breaks, vcpkg, CLion 2021.2 EAP, C++Now 2021 videos, Meeting C++ and C++ on Sea.

Links from this episode:

• C++ Annotated - May 2021 - If you prefer the same material in blog form
• Building LLVM in 90 seconds using Amazon Lambda
• Finding bugs with AddressSanitizer - Patterns from Open Source Projects
• A default value to dereference null pointers
• P0798: Monadic operations for std::optional - R6
• P2377: [[nodiscard]] in the Standard Library: Clause 23 Iterators library
• P2381: Pattern Matching with Exception handling
• P2123: Extending the Type System to Provide API and ABI Flexibility
• Presentation on 'Extending the Type System to Provide API and ABI Flexibility'
• All major Vcpkg enterprise features are no longer experimental
• CLion starts its 2021.2 Early Access Program - CMake Presets, New Project Templates, Lifetimes Analysis, and Cling support
• Early Access to C++Now 2021 recordings
• Meeting C++’s call for papers has started
• Full schedule for C++ on Sea is announced