May 2016

Clean Documentation

“Is there some documentation how I have to configure my IDE to integrate and debug those components?” – “Yes. Have a look at the Wiki. Or maybe there is some […]

Recently I received a question on Twitter whether to prefer RAII over Exceptions. I have seen similar questions being asked again and again over time, so there seems to be […]

Covariance can be a useful concept, e.g. when implementing the abstract factory design pattern. However, in modern C++, we should return smart pointers that are not recognized to be covariant like […]