Questions tagged [c++]
C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. This tag should be used for any question which requires knowledge or expertise with the C++ programming language. This is a general tag which is used for any of the C++ language standards (C++98, C++11, C++17, etc.). The question should identify the compiler being used, the operating system, and which of the C++ standards is being targeted.
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Implementing an Object type in C++
I'm currently working through the "Crafting Interpreters" book by Robert Nystrom. He uses Java to implement the visitor pattern in which the visitor functions return the Object type. C++ ...
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Spatial radius search in Boid simulation
I am working on a Boid simulation with 10,000 boids. I've successfully utilized geometry shaders and an array<GLfloat[3], MAX_BOIDS> for vertices to enhance ...
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Gaussian elimination algorithm in C++
Given:
j-g-h-i=0
a+b-c-j=0
c+i-d-e=0
e+g-f=0
And known:
a=10
b=7
d=3
e=2
f=3
j=14
I want to solve this (or similar equations) ...
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Lazy/deferred OOP-based networking using the Epic EOS SDK
For gaming applications, networking looks strange from the point of view of traditional approaches.
Much of the game logic is based on "ticks"; Most often this is a mandatory item of ...
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Terminal Based Game [v2]
this is the second version of the Terminal Based Game I'm working on thanks to @user673679 for the suggestions, I did not implemented everything you said but it was really fun working on your ...
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C++ implementation of a concurrent queue and of a thread pool
I am working on an implementation of a concurrent_queue<T> and pf a ThreadPool, see beneath. The objectives are CPU ...
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OpenGL glut texture is faint when using the texture as a "screen" instead of the actual screen [closed]
Sorry for the confusing title, wasn't really sure how to format it.
I had an idea for optimizing my horrible program, by converting the screen to a texture, and updating the texture when the computer ...
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Race condition potentially because of a shared pointer, unique_ptr and PIMPL and polymorphical deep copy of class having unique_ptr data member [closed]
I am toying with the c++ code of Antoine Savine's github repository.
There you have (templated) base classes Model, Product and <...
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ReadDirectoryChangesW Improvements
I'm currently using the ReadDirectoryChangesW Function from the Windows API to build a Directory Watcher. The Watcher should monitor a folder for newly added files.
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How to interface a "pull" library with a "push" library using callbacks
I am using a driver that retrieves data from HW (Driver) and a display (Viewer) that will output data to the user.
The user calls a trigger function to initiate the getting of data from the Driver. ...
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Terminal based game - walking and collecting points
I create a game in the terminal the premise(for now) is walking around a field collecting points marked as $, and avoiding mines marked as !, the player is marked as @ and normal terrain marked as #.
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Re: C++ 4X Game
This post is regarding the revamp of this post/project I did about 8 months ago. I took a lot of the advice from the suggestions provided (thank you by the way), and fixed the project up, so I'm ...
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Partial specialization of class template with minimal code duplication
I have a class template that stores an std::optional<T>. A very reduced version of the class template looks like this:
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Class for locking shared disk directory
I'm writing an application to sync files between two directories. In order to prevent simultaneous access to the shared directory from several computers, I implemented blocking of the shared directory....
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A recursive_fold_right_all Template Function Implementation in C++
This is a follow-up question for A recursive_fold_left_all Template Function Implementation in C++. Besides recursive_fold_left_all function, I am trying to ...
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C++ heap allocator using an explicit free list
Description
I've written a heap allocator in C++ using an explicit free list for organization. I've also written a series of unit tests and a microbenchmark using Catch2. At time of writing I've ...
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Multi producer/consumer lock-free queue
I would be grateful if you could review my code for a multi producer/consumer lock-free queue in C++.
I am mainly after performance improvements, but all input is welcome.
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Calling fgets() twice
I am a beginner. I have really struggled with fgets() when using the function twice. I am on Windows with VS Code and C++ extension. My test program is working, but it is IMHO lengthy and complicated ...
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Codeforces: Dasha & Nightmares
so I got started with competitive programming about a day ago and I got stuck on the first random question I tried on codeforces. It's called Dasha and Nightmares.
Problem Description:
The problem ...
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Printing the elements of a forward linked list
I'm a sophomore in computer science who's working on a linked list class for his DSA class. I believe this code can be improved, but I'm not sure how because everything got really messy really fast. ...
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Template for making distinct numeric type aliases
I've tried to make a small template for the creation of distinct (incompatible) numerical types. For example both row and column indices are usually represented as the same underlying type. However it ...
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Cumulative grade-point-average calculator in C++
I wrote a simple Cumulative grade-point-average calculator in C++, and would like to ask for advices to improve the code in terms of best practices (efficiency, reliability) in the language. Here's my ...
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Double set to -1 from function does not equal to -1 in comparison [closed]
I use the function trace() to calculate the trace of a matrix. This is not important. But for this specific matrix this value is -1. My variable "trace" is set to this from the function. ...
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Basic base for Phys engine. with SFML and ImGui
I want to create very basic physics engine in SFML. And i also want to be able to control objects using ImGui. So i created this basic foundation. My main problem with it is how i handle rendering gui,...
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OrderBook Implementation - Follow up
This is a follow up to my previous implementation:
The input is of the format
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Shared_ptr Implementation with Derived class Awareness
Another shared_ptr implementation. My main idea was to write it in a way you could do:
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Design decisions for an efficient OrderBook
I am designing code for OrderBook based in C++, based on STL library. Note that there is a related question here, however it is more simple - it does not support deletion of orders, and I intend to ...
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String partial implementation using a vector
I saw few similar solutions, but they all relied on C-style arrays and str utils, so I thought I would write a higher level C++ only implementation with a vector as an exercise. I have not implemented ...
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An Updated recursive_reduce_string Template Function Implementation in C++
This is a follow-up question for A recursive_reduce Template Function with Unwrap Level Implementation in C++ and A recursive_reduce_string Template Function Implementation in C++. Considering the ...
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Recreating Minesweeper
First, I have to say that this game lacks 5 features that I don't care:
Flags
Chording
Timer
Actual mouse movement
Good graphics
When starting the program, the player is meeted with a "Choose ...
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A recursive_reduce_string Template Function Implementation in C++
This is a follow-up question for A recursive_sum Template Function Implementation with Unwrap Level in C++, A recursive_reduce_all Template Function Implementation ...
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Tic-tac-toe game for Windows console
I am doing C++ for over a year and this is my game I tried making tic-tac-toe. And it's also my first program that uses multiple source files.
main.cpp
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Alarm - Timer - Stopwatch with <chrono>
Alarm, timer and stopwatch in the style of the standard library.
Important design notes:
The accessors do not update internal state, the user is responsible to call ...
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Little CLI game in C++ with random words
the game is quite simple, you have to constantly guess the letters of a hidden word, but has a limited number of wrong attempts. The word you are looking for should be a random word from Wikipedia. I ...
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IMAP client impementation on State Machine boost-ext/sml
I made IMAP(IMAPS) notifier on boost-ext/sml state machine.
There is an opinion that networking is best done on machines.
Compile in C++20. Tested on GMail server. Uses karastojko/mailio (and ...
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C++ two-phase path-compression quick-union union find over indices
This is my first C++ class, implementing union find. I’ve tested the implementation very shoddily by checking that unifying two points connects them, and that works. I did a first draft in Python and ...
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Improved input validation function
A week ago I posted this question and after reading the answers and accepting one I decided to refactor my code quite heavily. I would like to get some feedback on this newer version.
The changes
No ...
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Traveling Salesman Problem for visiting cities
Implement TSP problem using best first algorithm (so it will be
backtracking, branch-and-bound, and best-first). Since you are looking
for a cycle, the start/finish city is not important. Therefore we
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Modern OpenGL Context that doesn't rely on CRT
I'm working on a personal OpenGL project. I want my project to not rely on any libraries including CRT.
I have absolutely no experience in shipping software and I want to prepare my code for release.
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Single threaded epoll based coroutine library for C++, Linux
I've implemented a small single-header library over the C++20 coroutines. This library only works on a single thread and it is limited to Linux because it is also based on epoll.
The library does not ...
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Multithreaded disk scan
I'm writing an application to compare and sync folders on a disks. Scanning the contents of folders is performed in separate threads. I wrote a class to manage scan threads.
The main application class ...
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C interface exception handling with C++ implementation
Whilst developing a bigger project, I was in need of having basic error handling inside the context of a C interface.
I came up with the following solution.
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Making an input validator function
NOTICE: I refactored the code and made a new question like was advised.
I'm making an input validator function that is inspired by @JDługosz from the following post so that other new C++ programmers ...
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Yet another shared_ptr implementation for learning purposes
C++ shared_ptr implemented as a coding practice and learning purposes.
It uses std::shared_ptr interface.
Basic tests are included (using single header Catch 2)
Some methods are omitted to keep the ...
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Defining hardware components structure
I'm writing firmware for my Arduino project, and I'm struggling with a clean, scalable hardware mapping structure. Initially, I had the following namespace:
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Banking System in C++ [V2]
this is the second version of my BankingSystem in C++ for the first one go here: Banking System console app in C++
I did quite a lot of changes since the last version mainly spliting the User class ...
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C++ Mock Library: Part 6
Parts
C++ Mock Library: Part 1
C++ Mock Library: Part 2
C++ Mock Library: Part 3
C++ Mock Library: Part 4
C++ Mock Library: Part 5
C++ Mock Library: Part 6
Side Note:
I will say the processes of ...
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