Foreword by Shawn Edwards xiiiForeword by Andrei Alexandrescu xvAcknowledgments xixAbout the Authors xxv Chapter 0: Introduction 1 What Makes This Book Different 1Scope for the First Edition 2The EMC++S Guiding Principles 3What Do We Mean by Safely? 4A Safe Feature 5A Conditionally Safe Feature 5An Unsafe Feature 6Modern C++ Feature Catalog 6How to Use This Book 8 Chapter 1: Safe Features 11 1.1 C++11 11Attribute Syntax | Generalized Attribute Support 12Consecutive >s | Consecutive Right-Angle Brackets 21decltype | Operator for Extracting Expression Types 25Defaulted Functions | Using = default for Special Member Functions 33Delegating Ctors | Constructors Calling Other Constructors 46Deleted Functions | Using = delete for Arbitrary Functions 53explicit Operators | Explicit Conversion Operators 61Function static '11 | Thread-Safe Function-Scope static Variables 68Local Types '11 | Local/Unnamed Types as Template Arguments 83long long | The long long (≥64 bits) Integral Type 89noreturn | The [[noreturn]] Attribute 95nullptr | The Null-Pointer-Literal Keyword 99override | The override Member-Function Specifier 104Raw String Literals | Syntax for Unprocessed String Contents 108static_assert | Compile-Time Assertions 115Trailing Return | Trailing Function Return Types 124Unicode Literals | Unicode String Literals 129using Aliases | Type/Template Aliases (Extended typedef) 133 1.2 C++14 138Aggregate Init '14 | Aggregates Having Default Member Initializers 138Binary Literals | Binary Literals: The 0b Prefix 142deprecated | The [[deprecated]] Attribute 147Digit Separators | The Digit Separator (') 152Variable Templates | Templated Variable Declarations/Definitions 157 Chapter 2: Conditionally Safe Features 167 2.1 C++11 167alignas | The alignas Specifier 168alignof | The alignof Operator 184auto Variables | Variables of Automatically Deduced Type 195Braced Init | Braced-Initialization Syntax: {} 215constexpr Functions | Compile-Time Invocable Functions 257constexpr Variables | Compile-Time Accessible Variables 302Default Member Init | Default class/union Member Initializers 318enum class | Strongly Typed, Scoped Enumerations 332extern template | Explicit-Instantiation Declarations 353Forwarding References | Forwarding References (T&&) 377Generalized PODs '11 | Trivial and Standard-Layout Types 401Inheriting Ctors | Inheriting Base-Class Constructors 535initializer_list | List Initialization: std::initializer_list 553Lambdas | Anonymous Function Objects (Closures) 573noexcept Operator | Asking if an Expression Cannot throw 615Opaque enums | Opaque Enumeration Declarations 660Range for | Range-Based for Loops 679Rvalue References | Move Semantics and Rvalue References (&&) 710Underlying Type '11 | Explicit Enumeration Underlying Type 829User-Defined Literals | User-Defined Literal Operators 835Variadic Templates | Variable-Argument-Count Templates 873 2.2 C++14 958constexpr Functions '14 | Relaxed Restrictions on constexpr Functions 959Generic Lambdas | Lambdas Having a Templated Call Operator 968Lambda Captures | Lambda-Capture Expressions 986 Chapter 3: Unsafe Features 997 3.1 C++11 997carries_dependency | The [[carries_dependency]] Attribute 998final | Prohibiting Overriding and Derivation 1007friend '11 | Extended friend Declarations 1031inline namespace | Transparently Nested Namespaces 1055noexcept Specifier | The noexcept Function Specification 1085Ref-Qualifiers | Reference-Qualified Member Functions 1153union '11 | Unions Having Non-Trivial Members 1174 3.2 C++14 1182auto Return | Function (auto) Return-Type Deduction 1182decltype(auto) | Deducing Types Using decltype Semantics 1205 Afterword: Looking Back and Looking Forward 1215 Glossary 1217Bibliography 1281Index 1305

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