• April's Overload Journal has been published.
  11 April 2024

  The April 2024 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 180 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed via the Journals menu.

• A New Study Group Has Formed - Learn C++ By Example
  1 April 2024

  A new study group has been formed - the first in a decade. Frances Buontempo will be leading a study group about her new book, Learn C++ By Example.

  Study groups are available to members only. Subscribe to Fran's study group here (must be logged in to access).

• March's C Vu Journal has been published.
  9 March 2024

  The March 2024 ACCU C Vu journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. C Vu 36-1 and previous issues of C Vu can be accessed via the Journals menu (ACCU members only).

• February's Overload Journal has been published.
  10 February 2024

  The February 2024 ACCU Overload journal has been published and should arrive at members' addresses in the next few days. Overload 179 and previous issues of Overload can be accessed via the Journals menu.

• Changes to ACCU's Social Media Presence
  23 January 2024

  ACCU has left Twitter/X in favor of Mastodon and Bluesky. Social media icons and links in the header and footer of the ACCU website have been updated to reflect these changes.

  ACCU's Mastodon page can be accessed here, and our Bluesky page can be accessed here.

Overload 180 · April 2024 (PDF)

Contents

• I Don’t Believe It!.
  Sometimes we are surprised by unexpected outcomes or how long things take. Frances Buontempo confesses to how she’s lost hours recently, but learnt from the experiences.

• C++ Safety, In Context.
  The safety of C++ has become a hot topic recently. Herb Sutter discusses the language’s current problems and potential solutions.

• To See a World in a Grain of Sand.
  Code often rots over time as various people add new features. Jez Higgins shows how to refactor code that has grown organically, making it clearer and more concise.

• User-Defined Formatting in std::format.
  std::format allows us to format values quickly and safely. Spencer Collyer demonstrates how to provide formatting for a simple user-defined class.

• Judgment Day.
  What if AI takes your job? Teedy Deigh finds out.