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C++ user group is fairly large. From the advent of C++98 to the official finalization of C++11, it has accumulated over a decade. C++14/17 is an important complement and optimization for C++11, and C++20 brings this language to the door of modernization. The extended features of all these new standards are given to the C++ language. Infused with new vitality.
C++ programmers, who are still using **traditional C++** (this book refers to C++98 and its previous C++ standards as traditional C++), may even amazed by the fact that they are not using the same language while reading modern C++ code.

**Modern C++** (this book refers to C++11/14/17/20) introduces a lot of features into traditional C++, which makes the whole C++ become language that modernized. Modern C++ not only enhances the usability of the C++ language itself, but the modification of the `auto` keyword semantics gives us more confidence in manipulating extremely complex template types. At the same time, a lot of enhancements have been made to the language runtime. The emergence of Lambda expressions has made C++ have the "closure" feature of "anonymous functions", which is almost in modern programming languages ​​(such as Python/Swift/.. It has become commonplace, and the emergence of rvalue references has solved the problem of temporary object efficiency that C++ has long been criticized.
**Modern C++** (this book refers to C++11/14/17/20) introduces a lot of features into traditional C++, which makes the whole C++ become a language that modernized. Modern C++ not only enhances the usability of the C++ language itself, but the modification of the `auto` keyword semantics gives us more confidence in manipulating extremely complex template types. At the same time, a lot of enhancements have been made to the language runtime. The emergence of Lambda expressions has made C++ have the "closure" feature of "anonymous functions", which is almost in modern programming languages ​​(such as Python, Swift, etc). It has become commonplace, and the emergence of rvalue references has solved the problem of temporary object efficiency that C++ has long been criticized for.

C++17 is the direction that has been promoted by the C++ community in the past three years. It also points out an important development direction of **modern C++** programming. Although it does not appear as much as C++11, it contains a large number of small and beautiful languages ​​and features (such as structured binding), and the appearance of these features once again corrects our programming paradigm in C++.

Modern C++ also adds a lot of tools and methods to its own standard library, such as `std::thread` at the level of the language itself, which supports concurrent programming and no longer depends on the underlying system on different platforms. The API implements cross-platform support at the language level; `std::regex` provides full regular expression support and more. C++98 has been proven to be a very successful "paradigm", and the emergence of modern C++ further promotes this paradigm, making C++ a better language for system programming and library development. Concepts provide verification on the compile-time of template parameters, further enhancing the usability of the language.
Modern C++ also adds a lot of tools and methods to its standard library, such as `std::thread` at the level of the language itself, which supports concurrent programming and no longer depends on the underlying system on different platforms. The API implements cross-platform support at the language level; `std::regex` provides full regular expression support and more. C++98 has been proven to be a very successful "paradigm", and the emergence of modern C++ further promotes this paradigm, making C++ a better language for system programming and library development. Concepts verify the compile-time of template parameters, further enhancing the usability of the language.

In conclusion, as an advocate and practitioner of C++, we always maintain an open mind to accept new things, and we can promote the development of C++ faster, making this old and novel language more vibrant.

## Targets

- This book assumes that readers are already familiar with traditional C++ (i.e. C++98 or earlier), at least they do not have any difficulty in reading traditional C++ code. In other words, those who have long experience in traditional C++ and people who desire to quickly understand the features of modern C++ in a short period of time are well suited to read the book;
- This book assumes that readers are already familiar with traditional C++ (i.e. C++98 or earlier), at least they do not have any difficulty in reading traditional C++ code. In other words, those who have long experience in traditional C++ and people who desire to quickly understand the features of modern C++ in a short period are well suited to read the book;

- This book introduces to a certain extent of the dark magic of modern C++. However, these magics are very limited, they are not suitable for readers who want to learn advanced C++. The purpose of this book is offering a quick start for modern C++. Of course, advanced readers can also use this book to review and examine themselves on modern C++.
- This book introduces to a certain extent of the dark magic of modern C++. However, these magics are very limited, they are not suitable for readers who want to learn advanced C++. The purpose of this book is to offer a quick start for modern C++. Of course, advanced readers can also use this book to review and examine themselves on modern C++.

## Purpose

The book claims "On the Fly". Its intent is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the relevant features regarding modern C++ (before 2020s).
The book claims "On the Fly". It intends to provide a comprehensive introduction to the relevant features regarding modern C++ (before the 2020s).
Readers can choose interesting content according to the following table of content to learn and quickly familiarize the new features you would like to learn.
Readers should aware that all of these features are not required. It should be learnt when you really need it.
Readers should aware that all of these features are not required. It should be learned when you need it.

At the same time, instead of grammar-only, the book introduces the historical background as simple as possible of its technical requirements, which provides great help in understanding why these features comes out.
At the same time, instead of grammar-only, the book introduces the historical background as simple as possible of its technical requirements, which provides great help in understanding why these features come out.

In addition, The author would like to encourage that readers should be able to use modern C++ directly in their new projects and migrate their old projects to modern C++ gradually after read the book.
Also, the author would like to encourage that readers should be able to use modern C++ directly in their new projects and migrate their old projects to modern C++ gradually after reading the book.

## Code

Each chapter of this book has a lot of code. If you encounter problems when writing your own code with the introductory features of the book, you might as well read the source code attached to the book. You can find the book [here](../../code). All the code organized by chapter, the folder name is the chapter number.
Each chapter of this book has a lot of code. If you encounter problems when writing your own code with the introductory features of the book, you might as well read the source code attached to the book. You can find the book [here](../../code). All the code is organized by chapter, the folder name is the chapter number.

## Exercises

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## Licenses

<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work was written by [Ou Changkun](https://changkun.de) and licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>. The code of this repository is open sourced under the [MIT license](../../LICENSE).
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**Compilation Environment**: This book will use `clang++` as the only compiler used,
**Compilation Environment**: This book will use `clang++` as the only compiler used,
and always use the `-std=c++2a` compilation flag in your code.

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## 1.1 Deprecated Features

Before learning modern C++, let's take a look at the main features that have been deprecated since C++11:
Before learning modern C++, let's take a look at the main features that have deprecated since C++11:

> **Note**: Deprecation is not completely unusable, it is only intended to imply that features will disappear from future standards and should be avoided. However, the deprecated features are still part of the standard library, and most of the features are actually "permanently" reserved for compatibility reasons.
> **Note**: Deprecation is not completely unusable, it is only intended to imply that features will disappear from future standards and should be avoided. But, the deprecated features are still part of the standard library, and most of the features are actually "permanently" reserved for compatibility reasons.
- **The string literal constant is no longer allowed to be assigned to a `char *`. If you need to assign and initialize a `char *` with a string literal constant, you should use `const char *` or `auto`.**

```cpp
char *str = "hello world!"; // A deprecation warning will appear
```
```cpp
char *str = "hello world!"; // A deprecation warning will appear
```

- **C++98 exception description, `unexpected_handler`, `set_unexpected()` and other related features are deprecated and should use `noexcept`.**

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- ... and many more

There are also other features such as parameter binding (C++11 provides `std::bind` and `std::function`), `export`, and etc. are also deprecated. These features mentioned above **If you have never used or heard of it, please don't try to understand them. You should move closer to the new standard and learn new features directly**. After all, technology is moving forward.
There are also other features such as parameter binding (C++11 provides `std::bind` and `std::function`), `export` etc. are also deprecated. These features mentioned above **If you have never used or heard of it, please don't try to understand them. You should move closer to the new standard and learn new features directly**. After all, technology is moving forward.

## 1.2 Compatibilities with C

For some force majeure and historical reasons, we had to use some C code (even old C code) in C++, for example, Linux system calls. Before the advent of modern C++, most people talked about "what is the difference between C and C++". Generally speaking, in addition to answering the object-oriented class features and the template features of generic programming, there is no other opinion, or even a direct answer. "Almost" is also a lot of people. The Venn diagram in Figure 1.2 roughly answers the C and C++ related compatibility.
For some force majeure and historical reasons, we had to use some C code (even old C code) in C++, for example, Linux system calls. Before the advent of modern C++, most people talked about "what is the difference between C and C++". Generally speaking, in addition to answering the object-oriented class features and the template features of generic programming, there is no other opinion or even a direct answer. "Almost" is also a lot of people. The Venn diagram in Figure 1.2 roughly answers the C and C++ related compatibility.

![Figure 1.2: Compatabilities between ISO C and ISO C++](../../assets/figures/comparison.png)

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rm -rf *.o $(TARGET)
```

> Note: Indentation in `Makefile` is a tab instead of a space character. If you copy this code directly into your editor, the tab may be automatically replaced. Please ensure the indentation in the `Makefile`. It is done by tabs.
> **Note**: Indentation in `Makefile` is a tab instead of a space character. If you copy this code directly into your editor, the tab may be automatically replaced. Please ensure the indentation in the `Makefile` is done by tabs.
>
> If you don't know the use of `Makefile`, it doesn't matter. In this tutorial, you won't build code that is written too complicated. You can also read this book by simply using `clang++ -std=c++2a` on the command line.

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