C++14 brings us fewer but useful features to modern C++ than the standards preceding it. The creator of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup says that improvements in C++14 were deliberately lower in quantity compared to C++11. One of the small but useful features is the introduction of “Binary Literals”. C++14 comes with the Binary Literals feature, and in this post, we explain how we can use…
C++11 allows the use of atomics in signal handlers, and with the advent of C++ 17 the signal handler feature was again improved. Thestd::atomic_flagis an atomic boolean type that is guaranteed to be lock-free and can be used in signal handlers. Moreover,the…
C++11 allows the use of atomics in signal handlers. In C++17 the signal handler feature is further improved. The std::atomic_flag is an atomic boolean type that is guaranteed to be lock-free and can be used in signal handlers. Moreover, the <csignal> header in C++…
Modern C++ has many features to aid multi-thread programming that allow applications to be faster and more responsive. The C++11 standard offers the possibility of moving an exception from one thread to another. This type of movement is called propagating exceptions, exception propagation; also known as rethrow exception in multi-threading. To do that, some modifications have been made to the…
C++ is very strong in every aspect of modern programming. Volatile types are used with the volatile keyword. It is a lesser known type qualifier that is important to read types or objects whose value can be modified at any time. The volatile keyword is useful in…
Since the C++11 standard, the Concurrency Support Library includes built-in support for threads (std::thread) with atomic operations (std::atomic). C++11 provides both weak and strong compare-and-exchange operations in multi-threading applications. Since C++11, weak compare…
Since the C++11 standard, the Concurrency Support Library includes built-in support for threads (std::thread) with atomic operations (std::atomic). C++11 provides both weak and strong compare-and-exchange operations in multi-threading applications. Since C++11, strong compare and exchange are used in modern C++ standards such as C++14, C++17, C++20, and in other new standards. In this post, we…
Inmulti-thread programming, data races are a common problem in threads. Data races occur when multiple tasks or threads access a shared resource without sufficient protection, leading to undefined or unpredictable behavior on runtime. In C++, the concurrency support…
What Is A Data Race In Multi-threading C++ Apps And How To Avoid It
September 1, 2023
In modern programming, if you are developing multithreaded applications, data races are a common problem in threads. Data races occur when multiple tasks or threads access a shared resource without sufficient protection, leading to undefined or unpredictable behavior on…
Learn Useful Bidirectional Fences In Modern Multi-threading C++ Apps
September 1, 2023
C++11 improved the support for bidirectional fences in multi-thread applications. In modernC++ development,Fencesare synchronization primitives in multi-threading operations, they are memory barriers in threads, and they can acquire semantics, release semantics, or both. In this post, we explain what are fences and how we can use them.
What are bidirectional fences in…
