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Modern C++ Programming Cookbook - Third Edition

You're reading from  Modern C++ Programming Cookbook - Third Edition

Product type Book
Published in Feb 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835080542
Pages 816 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Marius Bancila Marius Bancila
Profile icon Marius Bancila

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface 1. Learning Modern Core Language Features 2. Working with Numbers and Strings 3. Exploring Functions 4. Preprocessing and Compilation 5. Standard Library Containers, Algorithms, and Iterators 6. General-Purpose Utilities 7. Working with Files and Streams 8. Leveraging Threading and Concurrency 9. Robustness and Performance 10. Implementing Patterns and Idioms 11. Exploring Testing Frameworks 12. C++ 20 Core Features 13. Other Books You May Enjoy
14. Index

Writing a function template with a variable number of arguments

It is sometimes useful to write functions with a variable number of arguments or classes with a variable number of members. Typical examples include functions such as printf, which takes a format and a variable number of arguments, or classes such as tuple. Before C++11, the former was possible only with the use of variadic macros (which enable writing only type-unsafe functions) and the latter was not possible at all. C++11 introduced variadic templates, which are templates with a variable number of arguments that make it possible to write both type-safe function templates with a variable number of arguments, and also class templates with a variable number of members. In this recipe, we will look at writing function templates.

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Functions with a variable number of arguments are called variadic functions. Function templates with a variable number of arguments are called variadic function templates...

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