A Pragmatic Journey into C++ Modules

Course overview

Modules in C++20 are a change that impacts every C++ developer. At a minimum, the third-party libraries you need will use them. Larger development teams will need them to increase productivity. This book pragmatically explains their use with examples built with the command line and CMake.

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A Pragmatic Journey into C++ Modules25 chapters

Begin
  1. Preface

  2. Notes to Early Readers

  3. Into the Future with Modules

  4. Module Basics

  5. A Module Interface Unit (Abyssinian)

  6. A Module Implementation Unit (Aegean)

  7. Building Aegean

  8. Module Deep Dive

  9. Comparison of Header and Module Builds (WIP)

  10. Partitions and Submodules (WIP)

  11. A Module Implementation Partition (Chartreux)

  12. User and System Header Units (Donskoy)

  13. A Partitioned Module (Javanese) (WIP)

  14. Module Linkage (Korat)

  15. Importing the Standard Library

  16. POSIX Is Not import std (Manx)

  17. Macros and the Module Boundary (Norwegian Forest)

  18. Macros Are Not Exported by import std (Russian Blue)

  19. A Compile-Flag Dialect Tag That Propagates (Scottish Fold)

  20. No Global Namespace Leakage (Siamese)

  21. The Plain Case (Siberian)

  22. Private Module Fragment (Sphynx)

  23. Re-exporting Modules (Turkish Van)

  24. Resources

  25. About the Author