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

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).

Presents a handy template that makes it easy to check casts without losing performance.

Looks at function templates and how they can be used to provide hooks for customizing behavior.

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

Ranged types, common in Ada, allow the programmer to constrain a numerical type to a certain range. This article presents a library that brings these types to C++.

Presents three different techniques for making operators polymorphic.

Operator overloading may be syntactic sugar, but there are a lot of things that don't taste very good without sugar.

Phillip Bruce gets around some of the limitations of the pointer-to-member with a model of class associations that he calls "Associative Chains."

Compares 4 languages: C, C++, C#, Java. Shows family genealogy. [Dr. Dobb's Journal]