C++ Template Metaprogramming: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques from Boost and Beyond

by David Abrahams, Aleksey Gurtovoy

Practical Metaprogramming for Working C++ Developers

Using metaprogramming techniques, you can engineer software with greater quality, portability, and reusability. You can write more expressive and elegant code, and waste less time on "boilerplate." In short, you won't just be more productive: you'll have more fun, too. If you code with C++, the Boost MPL offers high-level facilities that make metaprogramming even more useful and accessible. Now, for the first time, there's a book that demystifies both metaprogramming and the Boost MPL.

Selected to write this book by C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup, Boost MPL community leaders David Abrahams and Aleksey Gurtovoy are uniquely qualified to explain metaprogramming to experienced C++ developers. In this book, they systematically illuminate the "how," "why," and "when" of metaprogramming, thoroughly explain its advantages, and show exactly how to apply it in real-world development projects.

Coverage includes:

Fundamental metaprogramming concepts: traits, type manipulation, type wrappers, and more An in-depth look at metafunctions and metafunction classes Sequences, algorithms, iterators, diagnostics, views, iterator adaptors, and more Boost MPL: motivation, usage, design, implementation, and practical examples Lessons and best practices for C++ template metaprogramming Crossing the compile-time/runtime boundary Domain-Specific Embedded Languages, including a complete DSEL design walkthrough Improving compile-time performance A Boost MPL case study in event handling

The CD-ROM contains all Boost C++ libraries, including the Boost Metaprogramming Library and reference documentation, along with all of the book's sample code and extensive supplementary material.

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Nonfiction, Technical, Computers, Reference, Technology

557 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 10, 2004

Reviews

[Jose Sanz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, it is very interesting, but I estimate I understood like one third of it.

[huydx · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book explain many corners of template meta-programming in C++,but mainly about Boost::mpl library.
Explanation is very detailed and example is self-explained too.
However, flow of this book is hard to understand at the first time, I have to read again and again to get exactly what the authors trying to say.