Metaprogramming with X-Macros

Melbourne Cocoaheads presentation on using X-Macros to generate code.

Associated code: https://github.com/orj/XMacroExamples

Transcript

1. $ whoami Oliver Jones Senior Developer @ Itty Bitty Apps http:/ /iamorj.com @orj on Twitter (and Xbox, Steam, etc)
2. Metaprogramming with X Macros Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the preprocessor.
3. What is the preprocessor?
4. What is the preprocessor? Part of C99 & C++ standards ObjC adds #import
5. What is the preprocessor? Part of C99 & C++ standards ObjC adds #import Was separate process, clang has one built in
6. What is the preprocessor? Part of C99 & C++ standards ObjC adds #import Was separate process, clang has one built in Macro language
7. What is the preprocessor? Part of C99 & C++ standards ObjC adds #import Was separate process, clang has one built in Macro language Turing complete
8. Turing what? In computability theory, a system of data-manipulation rules (such as a computer's instruction set, a programming language, or a cellular automaton) is said to be Turing complete or computationally universal if it can be used to simulate any single-taped Turing machine.
9. #import <crazy>
10. #undef CRAZY For heavy wizardry and pre-processor meta-programming... The Boost C++ Library (www.boost.org)
11. all the # you need to know 2 flavours of macro object-like macros function-like macros
12. # and ## # or the “stringify” operator. turns into
13. # and ## ## or the “symbol concatenation” operator. turns into
14. What is an X Macro? At its core this: Some times this:
15. #define EVIL(plot)
16. To Xcode
17. Links Boost C++ Preprocessor Library http:/ /www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/libs/preprocessor/doc/ Boost Book (Preprocessor Chapter) http:/ /www.boostpro.com/mplbook/preprocessor.html Stack Overflow on X Macros: http:/ /bit.ly/15ZXZpt Dr Dobbs Journal http:/ /www.drdobbs.com/cpp/the-x-macro/228700289