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One of my long-term book projects, Notebook C++ - Tips and Tricks with Templates, is now available as a paperback version on Amazon.

More information at andreasfertig.info/books/notebookcpp-tips-and-tricks-with-templates/ or directly on Amazon. The ebook versions (PDF, mobi) are still available on Leanpub.

Here is the table of contents:

• Contents
• Notes by Standard at a Glance
  • Notes belonging to C++11
  • Notes belonging to C++17
  • Notes belonging to C++20
• Tips and Tricks with Templates
  • Note 1: Know the name
  • Note 2: Templates can have type and non-type parameters
  • Note 3: When to use typename, when class
  • Note 4: The parts of a variadic template
  • Note 5: There are no implicit conversions for template parameters
  • Note 6: Alias template for clean TMP
  • Note 7: Variable template for clean TMP
  • Note 8: The trailing-return-type with decltypeand void()
  • Note 9: Use declvalwhen you need to construct a type for testing during compile-time
  • Note 10: What void_tdoes
  • Note 11: Keep that array's size
  • Note 12: There is no else if in C++
  • Note 13: More useful than it appears: always_false
  • Note 14: Prefer autoas NTTP to reduce redundancy
  • Note 15: Block template argument deduction
  • Note 16: Fold expressions and the comma operator
  • Note 17: Poor men's fold expressions
  • Note 18: From an array to a pack
  • Note 19: From an array to a pack with templated lambda
  • Note 20: Create objects in place for direct use
  • Note 21: Guidelines for efficient use of templates
  • Note 22: Put enable_ifon the return type
  • Note 23: enable_ifand how to disable a member function
  • Note 24: How to disable a special member function
• Acronyms
• Bibliography
• Index

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