Tags C++ std::is_convertible<> admin May 24, 2020 The type trait is_convertible<From, To> checks if an object of type From can be “implicitly” converted to an object of
Tags C++ dynamic_cast<> vs. std::is_base_of<> admin May 9, 2020 In the last article, we looked at the std:is_base_of<T1, T2> type trait. One question that a reader asked since that
Tags C++ std::is_base_of<> admin April 26, 2020 In our on-going series on C++ Type Traits, today’s topic is about the trait std::is_base_of<>. For the official description, see
Tags C++ std::common_type<> Type Trait admin April 12, 2020 In today’s post, I would like to go over the type trait std::common_type<>. This trait was introduced in C++11. As
Tags C++ std::is_empty admin March 28, 2020 In the previous post, we looked at the std::is_destructible<T> type trait. Today, let us try to understand another type trait
Tags C++ std::is_destructible admin March 15, 2020 In the last article, I explained the deleted destructor in some detail. Today, I would like to talk about a
Tags C++ Deleted Destructor in C++ admin March 4, 2020 Since C++ 11, we can use the keyword delete to declare functions as deleted and thus prohibit the use of
Tags Active Voice Automatically Converting Active Voice to Passive Voice and Vice Versa admin February 16, 2020 The iLexicon system can handle active/passive voice conversion of fairly complex English sentences. I gave examples of the underlying verb
Tags Active Voice Verb Conjugations in Passive Voice admin February 2, 2020 In my earlier article, I showed how the iLexicon system can generate verb conjugations based on <Verb, Tense, Person, Number>
Tags Readability metrics Experimenting with Text Simplification admin January 19, 2020 After my last book review, I decided to check out a few websites that claim to simplify English text and/or