span-lite
GSL
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| 2 | 22 | |
| 499 | 6,289 | |
| 0.0% | 1.0% | |
| 5.3 | 7.1 | |
| 8 months ago | 17 days ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| gtkbook License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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span-lite
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I love building a startup in Rust. I wouldn't pick it again.
Another solution: use std::span (or some alternative implementations if the codebase doesn't use C++20).
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Passing a std:: array as a function parameter
For span only span-lite should be suffice https://github.com/martinmoene/span-lite
GSL
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60 terrible tips for a C++ developer
Already showed you how to use ranges and such above, gsl::final_action is here
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Backward compatible implementations of newer standards constructs?
For span I would recommend the guideline support library - gsl::span
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Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here (20/2023)!
Not sure how things are at this point so you might want to look up with those keywords, but a few years back clang-tidy was one of the suggested tools, or enabling the core guidelines checker in visual studio if you're using that. Maybe using GSL or something similar as well.
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Hardening C++ with Bjarne Stroustrup
When I want safety guarantees, I use the original and run-time checked gsl::span, rather than std::span. https://github.com/microsoft/GSL .
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I love building a startup in Rust. I wouldn't pick it again.
Another solution: use std::span (or some alternative implementations if the codebase doesn't use C++20).
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C++23 “Pandemic Edition” is complete
If you ask me, the GSL [1] alone is a fairly radical departure from C++ that delivers a lot of safety. I don't know if it's gotten much popularity, though. Probably because it introduces a similar disruption like you might find from a brand new programming language.
[1] https://github.com/microsoft/GSL
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Using Rust at a startup: A cautionary tale
> With Rust, though, one needs to learn entirely new ideas — things like lifetimes, ownership, and the borrow checker. These are not familiar concepts to most people working in other common languages ... Some of those “new” ideas are, of course, present in other languages — especially functional ones.
With C++, lifetime and ownership are just about as important but unfortunately no one's got your back. You can ignore lifetimes and ownership but you do so at your own peril. And the compiler won't tell you you're doing it wrong because the language wasn't designed for it to do so.
If you want a taste of rust's "mindset" (with respect to limitations imposed by some types) without jumping ship to a new language, try C++'s Guidelines Support Library [1]. It introduces some of the same benefits/friction as switching to rust but without a new language. Opting-in to some of these guidelines might be a gentler way to get some of the benefits of Rust. But it comes with a similarly higher bar.
[1] https://github.com/microsoft/GSL
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I created a memory leak using smart pointers
It's also far more verbose than T* or T& (probably intentionally). If you really want a non-nullable pointer, gsl::not_null from the GSL is a good option. Writing your own version is also trivial, if you don't want to add a dependency.
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I wanna go back to work at a car assembly plant
I instead use the GSL and the Core Guidelines, where
What are some alternatives?
Obfuscate - Guaranteed compile-time string literal obfuscation header-only library for C++14
cppinsights - C++ Insights - See your source code with the eyes of a compiler
expected-lite - expected lite - Expected objects in C++11 and later in a single-file header-only library
boost - My personal boost mirror to be submoduled by my projects
BackportCpp - Library of backported modern C++ types to work with C++11
sentry-native - Sentry SDK for C, C++ and native applications.
bit_set - Rebooting the std::bitset franchise
CppCoreGuidelines - The C++ Core Guidelines are a set of tried-and-true guidelines, rules, and best practices about coding in C++
serializer - A single header standard C++ serialization framework.
C-Golang-like-Defer - Cursed defer() method in C++ achieves similar results as Go's defer keyword.
ring-span-lite - ring-span lite - A C++yy-like ring_span type for C++98, C++11 and later in a single-file header-only library
cpp-core-guidelines-cheatsheet - Cheatsheet for the C++ core guidelines, including a set of tried-and-true guidelines, rules, and best practices about coding in C++.