libraries_and_applications.md

Libraries and applications

Table of contents

• Dimensional analysis
  • Boost.Units
  • mp-units
• Boost
  • Boost.Iterator
  • Boost.SmartPtr
    • boost::intrusive_ptr
• Applications
  • Space industry
  • Robotics

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Dimensional analysis

Boost.Units

The Boost.Units library is an implementation of dimensional analysis in a general and extensible manner, treating it as a generic compile-time metaprogramming problem. Support for units and quantities (defined as a unit and associated value) for arbitrary unit system models and arbitrary value types is provided, as is a fine-grained general facility for unit conversions.

mp-units

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• mp-units – A physical quantities and units library for C++

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• M.Pusz. mp-units: Lessons learned and a new C++ library design – ACCU (2023)

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Boost

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• Boost library incubator

Boost.Iterator

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• Boost.Iterator: The iterator library

Boost.SmartPtr

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• Boost.SmartPtr: The smart pointer library

boost::intrusive_ptr

The boost::intrusive_ptr class is a smart pointer that stores a pointer to an object with an embedded reference count, which is managed somewhere outside the smart pointer.

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• B.Wicht. Boost intrusive_ptr: Faster shared pointer (2011)

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• Boost intrusive pointer – Stack Overflow

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• intrusive_ptr – Boost.SmartPtr
• I.Muerte. An intrusive smart pointer – WG21/P0468

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Applications

Space industry

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• P.Nyman. C++ in space – Sweden C++ (2023)
• J.Arrieta. Traveling the Solar system with C++: Programming rocket science – CppCon (2017)

Robotics

• S.Brawner. Robotics at compile time: Optimizing robotics algorithms with C++’s compile-time features – CppCon (2023)