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useful_abstractions

useful_abstractions is A header-only C++23 library of compile-time abstractions: strings you can pass as template parameters, hashing, type names, UTF conversion and escaping — all usable inside constexpr and consteval code, and all with no…. It is ranked #321 on the Dev Radar, in Languages & runtimes, first seen 3 days ago and shared in 1 post (15.1k views).

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useful_abstractions — Useful Abstractions ConstexprCore/useful_abstractions v0.1.0 Useful Abstractions A header-only C++23 library of compile-time abstractions: strings you can pass as template parameters, hashing, type names, UTF conversion and escaping — all usable inside constexpr and consteval code, and all with no dependencies beyond the standard library. Download useful_abstractions.h View on GitHub main.cpp #include "useful_abstractions.h" using namespace ConstexprCore; // A string literal as a template parameter. template <fixed_string Name> struct tagged { static constexpr auto tag = Name.view(); }; // Names, hashes and escaping,…

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In C++, starting with C++23, you can move more of the work at compile time. It makes your code safer and faster. Hashing, strings and so forth can be done at compile time. But the language does not make it as easy as it should be. So we released a C++23 called 'useful_abstractions'. Our goal is to make compile-time…

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A header-only C++23 library of compile-time abstractions: strings you can pass as template parameters, hashing, type names, UTF conversion and escaping — all usable inside constexpr and consteval code, and all with no… It was first shared on X 3 days ago and is ranked #321 on the Dev Radar.

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