In this second session, our talk is from Dan Saks. Presented at Cppcon 2019,
the title is "Const as a Promise". In this "Back to Basics" series talk, Dan
discusses the use of *const* as a means of making more expressive, and thus
more likely to be correct, code. In particular, he stresses the importance of
using *const* correctly to turn errors that would only be detected at run-time
into failures at compile-time -- where they can not be ignored.
In this second session, we're going to try a different plan, suggested to me by
one of the participants in the first session. More in keeping with the style of
a traditional journal club, I will ask everyone to view the talk some time
before the session. During the session, I'll present a less-than-10 minute
summary of what I view as the highlights of the talk. I will ask everyone to
come to the meeting with whatever commentary (questions, points of
amplification or disagreement, whatever you might have).
The link to Dan's talk is: https://youtu.be/NZtr93iL3R0.
In the (continuing) search for a time slot with the fewest collisions with our
busy schedules, the next session will be only 30 minutes. We'll meet at 12:30
PM - 1:00 PM (CDT). Feel free to be eating lunch while we meet!
Please refer to the email announcing the session for the Zoom meeting
information.