Questions tagged [generics]
Generic programming is a style of computer programming in which algorithms are written in terms of to-be-specified-later types that are then instantiated when needed for specific types provided as parameters.
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Created a Generic Row to do a lot of regular operation easily
I create generic Row to handle almost 90 percent of the basic feature. I need your feedback to make it more flexible and extensible ...
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A TypeScript library allowing to call socket.io events like pure functions
I'm creating a Typescript library (full repository here) whose goal is to be able to call socket.io events as regular functions: Server side demo: ...
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Generic sync.Map in Go
In one of our projects it became rather painful to use the Go standard library's sync.Map as it lacks type safety, i.e. it became rather tedious to do and check ...
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Errors as values and Generic Option, Result types in C++
I wanted to get an in-depth view of both Templates and Concepts in C++, so I made this library. https://github.com/Hernanatn/errores-- I'd like to ask: is this a proper use of concepts? is the code ...
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A generic function that reads a line of numeric values from a file
I'm writing a library of IO functions for my physics laboratory class. In the meanwhile, I'm hoping to learn more about generic programming and C++20 concepts. Some context I usually came home from ...
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Second Try at C++ 20 Generic Dictionary for enums and Strings
This is a follow up question to Abstract Generic Dictionary. Some of the code reviewed in this question was also reviewed in C++20 Performance Test Code Generator. The new template class attempts to ...
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ConverterService: type conversion multitool
I got sick and tired of type-related errors and decided to write a type conversion service It's not particularly pretty what with those casts and suppressions, but it seems to do what it was designed ...
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Generic ring-buffer
What would be the preferred C way of implementing a simple generic ring-buffer. Which approach from the 2 below (or even some 3rd) would you use and why? Specifically, this will be part of an embedded ...
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Generic C++ Class to Associate enum Values with Strings for Translation
This is the first time I am using C++ templates in a very long time, and is the first time I have created a template class. When developing projects I often run into a common problem: I have an enum ...
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Dispatching generic calls and types in TypeScript
This is an expanded version of my question at SO: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78929495/typescript-conditional-type-does-not-accept-value-even-when-all-branches-do This is not real code (yes, ...
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Type Traits for C with _Generic
Motivation: Type traits are useful in defining robust function-like macros. Code below has: IS_COMPATIBLE(EXPR, T)IS_NULLPTR(T)...
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An Attempt at Creating a Type-Safe, Generic Swap Macro With Compile Time Error Checking
Properties: It evaluates each of A and B only once (sizeof is special, as it doesn't ...
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Generic Min() for Integer Types (including Boolean)
This is a follow-up to Generic Max() for Integer Types (including Boolean) and An Attempt at Creating Generic Min()/Max() for Fundamental Types. What's new: MIN(), ...
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Generic Max() for Integer Types (including Boolean)
This is a follow-up to An Attempt at Creating Generic min()/max() for Fundamental Types. What's Changed: MIN() has been forsaken for the time being. Mixed types ...
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An Attempt at Creating Generic Min()/Max() for Fundamental Types
The simplest way one can achieve this is to have separate functions for each type with a suffix to differentiate between them like the following: ...
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