C++ Templates - The Complete Guide, 2nd Edition by David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. Josuttis, and Douglas Gregor Giving guidance on how to use Templates in Modern C++ For programmers, who just use templates, who provide class and function templates, and who provide generic and foundation libraries Covering C++11, C++14, and C++17 Explaining all type traits of the C++ Standard Library in depth On 822 pages in 33 Chapters (12 Chapters are brand new) Note: There is another C++17 book available now: C++17 - The Complete Guide

Templates are among the most powerful features of C++, but they remain misunderstood and underutilized, even as the C++ language and development community have advanced. In C++ Templates, Second Edition, three pioneering C++ experts show why, when, and how to use modern templates to build software that's cleaner, faster, more efficient, and easier to maintain.

• Understand exactly how templates behave, and avoid common pitfalls
• Use templates to write more efficient, flexible, and maintainable software
• Master today's most effective idioms and techniques
• Reuse source code without compromising performance or safety
• Benefit from utilities for generic programming in the C++ Standard Library
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Topics (see the Table of Contents for details):

• Basics
  • Function Templates
  • Class Templates
  • Nontype Template Parameters
  • Variadic Templates
  • Keyword typename, Zero Initialization, Templates for Raw Array and String Literals
  • Variable Templates and Template Template Parameters
  • Move Semantics and enable_if<>
  • Template Template Parameters
  • By Value or By Reference?
  • Compile-Time Programming
  • Using Templates in Practice
  • Template Terminology
  • Generic Libraries
• Technical Details
  • Declarations, Arguments, and Parameters
  • Names and Parsing
  • Instantiation
  • Argument Deduction
  • Specialization and Overloading
  • Future Directions
• Templates and Design
  • Static Polymorphism
  • Traits and Policy Classes
  • Type Overloading
  • Templates and Inheritance
  • std::function<>
  • Metaprogramming
  • Typelists, Tuples, and Discriminated Unions
  • Expression Templates
  • Debugging Templates
• Appendix
  • One Definition Rule (ODR)
  • Value Categories
  • Overload Resolution
  • Standard Type Utilities and Type Traits Reference
  • Concepts

David Vandevoorde, vice president of engineering at the Edison Design Group, Inc (EDG), architects key features of the company's C++ compiler. A co-founder of the renowned comp.lang.c++.moderated forum, he is also active in C++ standardization. He holds a PhD and MSc in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an MEng from Brussels Free University. His technical interests include algorithm development and teaching.

Nicolai M. Josuttis is an independent systems architect, technical manager, consultant and trainer being active in C++ standardization for 20 years. Sitting in the Library Working Group he especially cares for the view of the ordinary application programmer. He is well known in the C++ Community for speaking and writing with authority, being the author of The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference, 2nd Edition (Addison-Wesley, 2012), C++17 - The Complete Guide , (leanpub, 2017), and several other books on object-oriented programming, C++, and service-oriented architecture (SOA).

Douglas Gregor is a senior compiler developer with a background in C++ library design. As an early contributor to Boost, he developed several libraries that became part of the C++ standard. Later, he led the implementation of the open-source Clang C++ compiler as its code owner through the completion of C++11 support, and was active in the standardization of C++11. He holds a PhD in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

• Look at the source code of the examples.