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    by Heyyo53
    PNG File Reader   [General C++ Programming]
     
    I have been on a quest to write some kind of PNG file reader, mostly just for myself, and I was wondering if there is any good resources on how to do binary fil...
    Apr 5, 2025 at 12:12am
    [2 replies] Last: Where are you on these steps? 1) c++ knowledge to simply read and wri... (by Heyyo53)
    by ElusiveTau
    Logging Wrong Line Number   [Beginners]
     
    I'm working with C++17 or prior. I'm writing a custom logger class (I don't have access to a logging library) and have an issue with the following use case. ...
    Apr 4, 2025 at 6:05pm
    [2 replies] Last: The __FILE__[/code] and [code]__LINE__[/code] macros expand to the fi... (by kigar64551)
    by Duthomhas
    I wrote a cron job! (1,2)   [Lounge]
     
    This is a continuation of Finally switched to Linux Mint[/b] (https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285724/[b][/b]). Mint, by default, is constantly popping up n...
    Apr 4, 2025 at 11:14am
    [25 replies] Last: Someone did wrote a news piece for April 1st about "one common package... (by keskiverto)
    by Duthomhas
    More unpopular opinions   [Lounge]
     
    Continuing from https://cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/285914/ If you are in a school zone, either early in the morning when students are being dropped off or ...
    Apr 4, 2025 at 5:40am
    [8 replies] Last: Nah, that’s just part of learning how to drive. And cars with Japane... (by Duthomhas)
    by SimpleCoder
    MSVC Solution and C1011 Error   [Windows Programming]
     
    MSVS Community Edition, v17.12.5 (latest), Win10 (latest), 64-bit I've raised an issue with MS, but after their acknowledging that they've replicated the probl...
    Mar 28, 2025 at 4:47am
    [3 replies] Last: did you try using #include instead? I know you may not want to, but m... (by jonnin)
    by Ch1156
    Is my understanding of pointers correct?   [Beginners]
     
    So I've been studying pointers and really trying to learn how to use them and how they work, and I feel like I completely understand their use cases now. I...
    Mar 26, 2025 at 2:18am
    [19 replies] Last: I have just discovered that [[nodiscard]][/code] can be applied to ty... (by TheIdeasMan)
    by ElusiveTau
    Getter for enum member returns a copy of enum?   [Beginners]
     
    I came across something non-intuitive, found a solution, but don't fully understand why the solution works. #include <iostream> using namespace std; enum ...
    Mar 19, 2025 at 2:32am
    [11 replies] Last: My view with regard to interface and not needing setters and maybe nee... (by TheIdeasMan)
    by bistelA0005
    Use C++ 20 with Embarcadero   [General C++ Programming]
     
    I have been using C++ builder for some C projects. It works really well. However, I have been trying to run some code from a tutorial I want to follow and I get...
    Mar 18, 2025 at 3:36am
    [4 replies] Last: The last recourse is the "other compiler options" where you can just l... (by salem c)
    by BernardIE5317
    Call of Templated Function w/ Explicit Template Argument Fails to Compile   [General C++ Programming]
     
    greetings kind regards may i please enquire why compiler reports error for code below as indicated . thank you kindly template<typename T, typename U> voi...
    Mar 15, 2025 at 10:20pm
    [1 reply] : The meaning of the name _T.aaa[/tt] depends on the template parameter... (by mbozzi)
    by Duthomhas
    Random Story Time   [Lounge]
     
    I once went to McDonalds, waaay back when $5 was expensive, and bought food that totaled something like $6.85. I gave the cashier a five, two ones, and a dim...
    Mar 14, 2025 at 8:29am
    [19 replies] Last: it was a little joke from ancient history. Long ago, there was a made... (by jonnin)