Embracing CTAD
Nina Ranns
11:00-12:30, Wednesday, 17th April 2024
Class template argument deduction, or CTAD, is a C++17 feature that has divided the experts into those who consider it very helpful and those who wish it never came to be. What is it, how can it make your life easier, and what makes some wary of it ? We explore the answers to all these questions while covering the history and the current state of CTAD, so you too can form your own opinion on the subject.
Nina Ranns
Nina Ranns has been a member of the C++ standard committee since 2013, focusing mostly on the core part of the language, and committee secretary since 2018. Throughout her career she has worked for Siemens, Motorola, Datasift, and Symantec on everything from parts of the UMTS network to cloud based antivirus products. Currently an independent consultant with contracts for EDG, QT, and most recently Bloomberg, where she is eagerly extending her library knowledge and helping create new polymorphic-allocator friendly library types.