Better Enums
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Better Enums
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How to convert an enum to string in C++
I really like better_enums instead of magic_enums. There’s no limit on enum size with it: http://aantron.github.io/better-enums/
It was heavily used at a former employer of mine, so definitely a solid production-ready solution.
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What C++ library do you wish existed but hasn’t been created yet?
IIRC I then switched to another library doing the same stuff: https://github.com/aantron/better-enums It is not as magical, as it uses a special macro to define the enum, using dedicated syntax. So it only works for enums you yourself define. However, it did work a lot better for me with enums with huge values.
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Behind the magic of magic_enum
I can't keep up! First we have better enum, then some guy at a conference says we have to use wise enum instead, and now you speak of magic enum!
- What are some cool modern libraries you enjoy using?
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let's all be chads
If you need a laugh today, look at Better Enums library for C++. If you thought moving from C to C++ would let you leave macros behind, think again! Enums in C++ still suck (a bit less than in C though), so someone built a library to help with that. And it's built on macros. So you can only have 64 entries per enum. And the library's code is barely readable.
json
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Learn Modern C++
I have not done a "desktop" program in 25+ years and never using C++ (or C), since then I'm mostly a web developer (PHP,Elixir, JS, Kotlin etc).
I'm currently doing a C++ audio plugin with the Juce framework.
This website has been a good resource, alongside https://www.learncpp.com
But I was actually close to give up before using those two things:
- https://github.com/nlohmann/json : my plugin use a json api backend and the Juce json implementation is atrocious (apparently because of being born in previous c++ version), but this library is GREAT.
- ChatGPT 4. I'm not sure I would have "succeeded" without it, at least not in a reasonable time frame. ChatGPT 3.5 is slow and does not give good results for my use case but 4 is impressive. And I use in a very dumb way, just posing question in the web UI. I probably could have it directly in MSVC?
Also I must say, for all its flaws, I have a renewed appreciation for doing UI on the web ;)
- JSON for Modern C++ 3.11.3 (first release since 473 days)
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What C++ library do you wish existed but hasn’t been created yet?
https://github.com/nlohmann/json works well for me
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[CMake] Can't include external header in .h file
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15) project(xrpc++ DESCRIPTION "C++ AT Protocol XRPC library" VERSION 1.0.0 LANGUAGES CXX) include(FetchContent) FetchContent_Declare(cpr GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libcpr/cpr.git GIT_TAG 2553fc41450301cd09a9271c8d2c3e0cf3546b73) # The commit hash for 1.10.x. Replace with the latest from: https://github.com/libcpr/cpr/releases FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cpr) FetchContent_Declare(json URL https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/download/v3.11.2/json.tar.xz) FetchContent_MakeAvailable(json) add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED src/lexicon.cpp src/xrpc.cpp ) target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cpr::cpr) target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json) set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}) set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES SOVERSION 1) target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC include) set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE debug)
FetchContent_Declare(json URL https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/download/v3.11.2/json.tar.xz) FetchContent_MakeAvailable(json)
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It is either a clever technique or a sad failure
Here is one popular C++ library (nlohmann/json) removing its use.
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How to compile project to separate files to prevent having single large executable as a result?
Before going into binary serialization I suggest you to get comfortable with serialization to text. You can try to write your data to text files and read them in again. Then after you get an idea of how this works you can try to use a library that writes to XML or json, e.g. nlohmann json
- What are some ways I can serialize objects?
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C++ that allows tracking peer to peer multimedia streaming connections using a Flat File - NOT MySql
Download the single header file json.hpp from https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases and place it in your project directory or an include directory.
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C++ Reflection for Component Serialization and Inspection
Exemple of a JSON library: https://github.com/nlohmann/json (For XML, there's tinyxml)
What are some alternatives?
C++ Format - A modern formatting library
RapidJSON - A fast JSON parser/generator for C++ with both SAX/DOM style API
stb - stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++
JsonCpp - A C++ library for interacting with JSON.
Klib - A standalone and lightweight C library
ArduinoJson - 📟 JSON library for Arduino and embedded C++. Simple and efficient.
American Fuzzy Lop - american fuzzy lop - a security-oriented fuzzer
Boost.PropertyTree - Boost.org property_tree module
Cppcheck - static analysis of C/C++ code
yaml-cpp - A YAML parser and emitter in C++
constexpr-8cc - Compile-time C Compiler implemented as C++14 constant expressions
cJSON - Ultralightweight JSON parser in ANSI C