Explains what export is, and how it's intended to be used. Also looks at the problems export is widely assumed to address, and why it does not in fact address them the way most people think.

Takes a look at the current state of export and offers some advice on using export effectively.

This article investigates the use of metafunctions in template metaprogramming, and introduces the Boost Metaprogramming Library. It is an excerpt from the book, C++ Template Metaprogramming by David Abrahams and Aleksey Gurtovoy.

This article presents the class variant_t, which encapsulates a mechanism to hold values of arbitrary types.

Introduces the syntax for declaring and using variadic templates, along with some simple examples of variadic function templates and variadic class templates.

Looks at why befriending a template in another namespace is easier said (in the standard) than done (using real-world compilers that don't quite get the Standard right).

Covers advanced template topics and compiler specific issues.

Nicolai M. Josuttis and David Vandevoorde examine metaprogramming, or "programming a program." Learn how to lay out code that the programming system executes to generate new code that implements the functionality you really want.

Tries to shed at least a little light on how templates work by looking at how the are handled in the C++ compiler.

Description and examples about some newer C++ template features which are now broadly supported by the compilers.