modules_and_preprocessor.md

Modules and preprocessor

• Modules
• Preprocessor
  • #include directive
  • Variadic macros
  • X-Macros

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Modules

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• N.Sidwell. C++ modules: A brief tour – Overload 159 (2020)
• B.Kolpackov. Common C++ modules TS misconceptions (2020)
• B.Kolpackov. Modules introduction – The build2 build system

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• A.Weis. C++ modules: Getting started today – ACCU (2024)
• S.Downey. Writing a C++20 module – C++Now (2021)
• B.Kolpackov. Building C++ modules – CppCon (2017)

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Preprocessor

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• A.Karpov. Macro evil in C++ code (2019)

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• Overloading macro on number of arguments – Stack Overflow
• What is the value of an undefined constant used in #if? – Stack Overflow
• What is the worst real-world macros/pre-processor abuse you’ve ever come across? – Stack Overflow

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• B.Ruth. The preprocessor: Everything you need to know and more! – CppCon (2021)
• J.Jagger. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the C/C++ preprocessor but didn’t know you couldn ask! – NDC Techtown (2018)
• A.Deutsch. Preprocessor 101 – DigiPen Game Engine Architecture Club (2016)

#include directive

• A.Knatten. Another reason to avoid #includes in headers (2012)

Variadic macros

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• T.Köppe. Comma omission and comma deletion – WG21/P00306

X-Macros

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• X Macro – Wikipedia

• X-Macros – WikiBooks

• A.Lucas. Reduce C-language coding errors with X macros. Part I, Part II, Part III (2013)

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• Real-world use of X-Macros – Stack Overflow