The C++17 Seminar

• New Keywords for Handling Types and Declarations:
  • auto
  • decltype
  • using
• Alignment
  • alignas
  • alignof
• The keyword nullptr
• New Types
• Strongly typed Enums
• Scoped Enums
• Unrestricted Unions

• Constant Expressions
• The New Keyword constexpr

• Unicode Support
• Unicode Types
• Prefixes
• String Literals

• New Keywords for Class Design
  • override For Controlled Overwriting of Methods
  • final For Finalizing Methods and Classes

• Constructor Inheritance
• Constructor Delegation

• New Initialization Syntax
• Initialization Sequences
  • The std::initializer_list<T> Container
  • Constructors with Value Lists

• The R-Value Reference
• The Move Constructor
• Copyability and Movability of Objects
• The Use of std::move()
• The application of std::forward<T>() in Templates

• Type Traits
• static_assert

• The New Possibilities of the Directive using
• Template Aliases
• Namespace Association

• Lambdas
• Subsequent Definition of Return Types
• Referencing Lambda Call Contexts
• Copying Lambda Call Contexts

• Variadic Templates

• The Thread Support of the Standard Library
• The Basic Mechanisms of Threading
• Mutexes
• Synchronizing and Condition Variables
• Atomic Operations
• Atomic Types
• Thread Local Storage
• Threading with Lambdas (closures)
• Futures

• Smart Pointers
  • std::unique_ptr<T>
  • std::shared_ptr<T>
  • std::weak_ptr<T>

• New Containers
  • std::forward_list<T>
  • std::unordered_set<T>
  • std::unordered_map<T>

• Regular Expressions

• Generic Lambda Expressions
• Deduction of the Function Return Type
• Binary Literals
• Number Group Separator in Literals
• The deprecated Attribute
• More Complex constexpr Functions
• Variable Templates

Complements with C++17

• Declarations in if and switch Clauses
• Inline Variables
• Compile time decisions with if constexpr()
• constexpr Lambdas
• Structured Binding and Decomposing
• Standard Attributes
• Fold Expressions
• Template Argument Deduction for Classen Templates
• Deduction Guides
• Non Type Template Parameters with auto
• Initializing Parent Classes over the Uniform Initialization
• The Short Form of static_assert()
• The Wrapper Types:
  • std::optional
  • std::any
  • std::variant
• std::shared_mutex
• std::byte
• The File System Library
• The Extension of the Type Traits Library
• Parallel Algorithms