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Overload 182 · August 2024 (PDF)

Contents

• A Humble Proposal.
  Are you out of ideas or find it hard to speak up? Frances Buontempo suggests small ways to get started.

• User-Defined Formatting in std::format – Part 3.
  We’ve seen formatting for simple classes and more complicated types. Spencer Collyer finishes his series by showing us how to apply specific formatting to existing classes.

• In an Atomic World.
  Atomics form a relatively low level, but fundamental part of sharing data across threads. Lucian Radu Teodorescu reminds us what atomics are and how and when to use them.

• Trip report: C++ On Sea 2024.
  C++ On Sea took place in Folkestone again in February this year. Sandor Dargo shares an overview of his favourite talks and some emergent ideas.

• Afterwood.
  Have things become unnecessarily complicated? Chris Oldwood is testing simplicity.