Hello C++ Developers, Yilmaz here from LearnCPlusPlus.org. This month, the new RAD Studio 12, the new C++ Builder 12, and the new Delphi 12 were released packed full of great features, optimizations, and improvements. We’ve had some great positive and encouraging feedback especially about one of the great features of C++ Builder 12 the new Visual Assist (VA) with code completion, refactoring, and very powerful navigation. Feedback for the CLANG C++ compiler preview is also very encouraging for the future of C++ Builder. It is another big step introducing a new 64bit bcc64x CLANG (15.x) compiler (Version 7.60), which supports C++11, C++14, C++17, and partially the C++20 standards. There were many new features in IDE, libs, components, and compilers on both C++ Builder and Delphi side. Please see below for details.
This week we have 3 new post picks from LearnCPLusPlus.org that can be used with the new C++ Builder 12. The first post pick is about the std::is_final type trait that can be used to detect if a class or a method is marked as a final or not. The second post is about the new begin() and end() iterators that come with C++14 and are used to define the start of iteration and the end of the iteration. The other new post is about the std::integer_sequence is a class template for the sequence of integers that is generated at compile-time.
It has been 3 years since we start adding posts to our educational LearnCPlusPlus.org site, it has a broad selection of new and unique posts with examples suitable for everyone from beginners to professionals alike. It is growing well thanks to you, and we have many new readers, thanks to your support! The site features a treasure-trove of posts that are great for learning the features of modern C++ compilers with very simple explanations and examples.
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Where I can I learn C++ and test these examples with a free C++ compiler?
If you don’t know anything about C++ or the C++ Builder IDE, don’t worry, we have a lot of great, easy to understand examples on the LearnCPlusPlus.org website and they’re all completely free. Just visit this site and copy and paste any examples there into a new Console, VCL, or FMX project, depending on the type of post. We keep adding more C and C++ posts with sample code. In today’s round-up of recent posts on LearnCPlusPlus.org, we have new articles with very simple examples that can be used with:
- The free version of C++ Builder 11 CE Community Edition
- or a professional version of C++ Builder
- or free BCC32C C++ Compiler and BCC32X C++ Compiler
- or the free Dev-C++
Read the FAQ notes on the CE license and then simply fill out the form to download C++ Builder 11 CE.
How to use modern C++ with C++ Builder?
In C++11, the final specifier is used for a function or for a class that cannot be overridden by derived classes, and there was no way to check if that class or method is the final. In C++14, there is a std::is_final type trait that can be used to detect if a class or a method is marked as a final or not. In the first post, we explain how we can use the std::is_final type trait in C++14 and C++17.
Iterators are one of the most useful features of containers in modern C++. Mostly we use them with vectors, maps, strings, and other containers of C++. In C++11, the begin() and end() iterators are used to define the start of iteration and the end of the iteration, mostly used in the for loops. In C++14, there are new additions to the global std::begin – std::end functions, and in the next post, we explain these new begin-end iterators.
In modern programming sometimes we want to use a sequence of integers that are created at compile-time. In C++14, the std::integer_sequence is a class template for the sequence of integers that is generated at compile-time. In the last post, we explain what integer sequence (std::integer_sequence) is in modern programming.
How to learn modern C++ for free using C++ Builder?
LearnCPlusPlus.org has been producing full of educational daily articles about C and modern C++ that can be used with C++ Builder, C++ Builder CE, Dev-C++, BCC Compiler and some other compilers such as the GCC compiler. Here are our post picks for today.
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