Templates in C++

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[@AhmedTahagg]

"By no means is this going to be the only video I make on templates" - The Cherno 2017

[@PwnySlaystation01]

Hah just came here to say this

[@GoatTwinkie]

F

[@joestevenson5568]

:(

[@alltheway99]

Could use more videos on templates 🙂

[@josephs.7960]

Well that was a fucking lie

[@sigmareaver680]

For all the novices out there, I think there's one important thing he overlooked regarding using templates. With templates, you must either write AND use them inside a SINGLE source (cpp) file, OR you must write them ENTIRELY inside a header file. Unlike a regular function or class, you can NOT declare them inside a header file and then define them inside a source file. The linker won't be able to link the templates if you do.

[@Austin_Rummel]

Thank you! I was just about to do that.

[@rretro2042]

Also you could write the declarations inside a .h header file and the definitions inside .tpp file

[@techwithdipufrom0ton621]

This video reduces the ambiguity about templates in C++ which was increased by other video tutorials. Thanks bro.

[@piyushudhao597]

Can you separate the declaration and implementation in hpp and cpp files, and then include the cpp file at the end of the hpp file? Its technically the same thing but more organized i guess.

[@kiara_kb8214]

Ok

[@baaryl]

I love this series. Motivated me to learn c++ and just got my first job as a software engineer. Keep it up!!!

[@greatbullet7372]

love to read that :)

[@radoznalipustolov2693]

Congratulations! If it's not the secret, what kind of software development you do?

[@padelafterdark]

what resources did you use to learn C++ and what techniques did you do to learn it? Thanks

[@baaryl]

Nikola013 First of all I have no idea how to reply directly to your comment - so sorry for that. Anyway, this in not a secret :D I work in telecommunication

[@baaryl]

Mark Tilbrook Just like befor dont know how to reply to your comment directly. Nothing special at all. Two books (one of authors was Stephen Prata, "professional c++" Solter and Kleper ), some videos like this and compiler and build some simple app (e.g calculator). Next step was to take part in c/c++ academy (it's kind of course) organised by the company in which I work now :)

[@myj313]

I know he’s an expert in C++ because he can talk about single concept for ~20 min, where every second counts 👍

[@mantaz3068]

I think I never watched a 20 min video about a single concept without skipping any part before this

[@typeterson8376]

I judge how good of a teacher a KZbinr is by whether or not I need to put their videos on 1.25x speed, because some are just too slow of speakers of too verbose. His flow of information seems to be just right.

[@dennisorbison7318]

you know when you are a noob when you need every second to understand a concept.

[@bulentgercek]

@@dennisorbison7318 If you want to learn something, you have to start with the basics. Otherwise, you will have memorized, which will cause the knowledge to be erased from your mind over time. So learning something that works for you always requires starting from the basics. The person who learns should not have an ego anyway. The word noob is an expression of the self-conceit of the person who uses it. Because no matter how much you learn, there is always something to learn in the details, even in a subject you know very well. Learning has no end. Also, no matter what your mastery level is, you're always going to solidify yourself by repeating the basics. In short, you are always a student. In other words, saying Noob to someone else is a sign of smugness also It is a sign of a lack of self-confidence.

[@dennisorbison7318]

@Bulent Gercek I think I am missing context or something, or somebody is missing context, because I am so confused, lol. Did I call somebody a noob? I am pretty sure I was using the word "you" in the general sense, not at anyone specifically. I commented haphazardly as to something I can personally relate with. Bruh, what is up with the assumptions? It's all right though. I forgive you for looking too deep into something and drawing out conclusions with very little context.

[@VadimMelnicuk]

Simply, the best C++ lessons in existence.

[@someone1089]

Template = compile time polymorphism I don't like overuse of template, debugging is a nightmare. I have seen this horror myself.

[@ycombinator765]

TMP will be even harder Wait for it

[@bgzdevtips3762]

Another reason you shouldn't want to go too crazy with templates is compilation times. As cherno said, you're basically having the compiler write code for you. If you start having your compiler write a ton of code for you, then be prepared to wait a bit longer for your program to compile.

[@ags0004]

Yeah, and worse than that is that headers cannot even be cached for multiple translation units. For each translation unit, you have to generate each header, even if that header was already generated before. This is one of the greatest problems an inefficiencies with the whole header system. I also feel like precompiled headers are sort of a hack rather than a solution to the problem...

[@jukit3906]

@@ags0004 I wonder how will C++20 modules turn out

[@DanielLiljeberg]

The thing I loved back when I started with C++ and learnt about templates (although the syntax can understandably look like drunk talk to people) was the fact that this is NOT some dynamic thing based on some shared base object the entire language uses but still enables you to create equally or more flexible code. By having the compiler generate the needed code for each type you use your templates with you basically add no extra runtime cost. That was awesome to young me. Another great side effect of how templates work and the fact that the template doesn't actually "exist as code" is that you can have a huge library of templates and it would not actually grow your binary a crazy amount unless you use them all. If it instead was a hughe library of "actual code" your binary would contain them all even if you only used a few of them.

[@HermanWillems]

Fuck yeah C++ is amazing. I makes you feel in control. Understand what happens underneath. You need to know the tradeoffs of certain choices. It has a higher learning curve. But when you manage to learn it... and understand the tradeoffs of things inside the language. It feels like you can do anything. :) Unlike Managed languages or scripts it feels like there is hell of alot unknown black magic going underneath. And that just feels weird. I personally don't like that.

[@PumpReactivationProject]

@@HermanWillems C++ is amazing indeed. I was doing some lwjgl in java and it was all cool, I thought "Java is so amazing" and then I've stumbled upon decoding images and working with file formats. Oh... I cant use unsigned type... Oh... I can't treat array of bytes as array of ints, I need to iterate through and do a lot of bit shifting. C++ is hard - memory management, mix of different programming paradigms, namespaces, memory allocation, but at the end of the day it gives you power to control your program. Can't imagine going back to java now.

[@koobyroory]

I love your series! I was having trouble in my C++ class and my TA suggested I should watch your videos. It has helped immensely

[@Kromush1995]

Dude, your videos are incredibly well explained, never seen that in any other channel. As a junior C/C++ developer myself, I learn a lot of new things from you. Keep up the C++ series going!! Great job!

[@philippbecker3117]

How can you get a job not knowing templates???

[@ThisRandomUsername]

@@philippbecker3117 As a C programmer? I learnt basic c++ in electronics at university, but got a job as a hardware engineer dabbling in firmware. Now I've moved to straight firmware, and c++ is starting to be useful for me right now, so these videos are great.

[@philippbecker3117]

@@ThisRandomUsername Man if you fuck up the firmware of some coffee machine I buy I'll be pissed. The coffee machine of us gets sometimes stuck in a state smh. And the code I see in some Arduino tutorials just shows that they never learned the language before they started to hack away on their garbage code. But I'm glad you are learning.

[@ThisRandomUsername]

@@philippbecker3117 Lol. I'll do my best mate.

[@justasydefix6251]

@@philippbecker3117 maybe it was the machine I made

[@ShivamSingh-ue2qi]

Really appreciate your series.. The way you explain things is so simple and effective

[@GFXNever]

As a matter of fact, the templates system is turing complete - that means you can actually implement ANY computer program using templates (and that program will run at compile time). Great video !

[@stewartzayat7526]

GFXNever What do you mean by 'using templates'? It's turing complete even without them, so that doesn't make sense to me.

[@jakobhellermann6974]

GFXNever as a matter of fact, the x86 mov instruction is Turing complete ;)

[@MsJavaWolf]

@@stewartzayat7526 C++ is of course Turing complete at RUNTIME, but with template metaprogramming you can compute anything that you want at COMPILE time. An example that is not template meta programming: constexpr int a = 7 + 8; the compiler will not generate code that moves 7 and 8 to registers and adds them, it will simply add it at compile time and the code will be a = 15; so no calculation has to run at runtime. Template metaprogramming is similar to that, but much more powerful.

[@Neko_Void]

Oh yeah, i read an article about this and how the template system it's theoretically undecidable, but there were problems with the proving method, i didn't pay much attention to it so i'm not sure

[@Kitulous]

@@stewartzayat7526 I've seen somewhere how people created a power function (a^b) that evaluated powers at compile time.

[@namahshrestha3226]

You sir are amazing..we need more from you. Please do not stop making videos

[@yellowlegend245]

This is a magical! the ease you explained one of most confusing and complicated topic is brilliant. pls keep going

[@TheDrewCrawford]

These videos are amazing. I spent a whole day trying to figure out how to create an array of an unknown size in a class, only to give up and move on. I see now how it can be possible. So very well explained. This series is getting me though my college courses. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@raf.nogueira]

I was trying to understand this Templates for such long time, and only now i understand thank you very much !

[@vladlazar94]

Great work as always! Your vids are on a totally different level! :D

[@creativeclaude5304]

woow amazing! I love how you actually put it into code and shoe us how its actually running. My instructor would only show it on whiteboard and I could not understand it but, seeing it in code helps so much!

[@brandonflores7419]

Your videos on c++ are AMAZING! Everything that my professor confused me on was ironed out in these 10-20 min videos. Thank you so much🥹

[@rajatpai5048]

The content of this series very apt and rich. I am recommending this to my friends. Thank you for doing this.

[@milesemanuelpaavola7994]

Thank you very much for the tutorials, they are helping me immensely with my Electrical Engineering Studies. This is the 2nd semester I have sourced your tutorials during cram sessions and they have helped. :-D

[@noctua7771]

You make learning C++ so easy and entertaining Keep it up!

[@ToxicityGameDev]

Dude, please don't let this C++ series go for OpenGL, Hope to see them both continue. Keep up the great work!

[@pixarfilmz4769]

Yeah!

[@ErikDaGreat]

he doesnt like game he likes game engine

[@The_Codemaster144k]

@@ErikDaGreat he likes both

[@guozhengdai2247]

Thanks for this series. I have learned a lot from you!

[@Light-wz6tq]

Best video about templates (Your series are awesome)

[@respawn_101slab2]

Amazing videos, just started watching the channel. I plan to watch every posted video. Keep it up!

[@fragmister]

I love these video like documentations of individuals aspects of C++. Please keep making these, I love them.

[@jackthehammer2245]

Thanks for the intro for templates. Especially what really happened under the hood. Looking forward to see more of these coming!

[@gabrielgraf2521]

Wow, I think this was the cleanest sum of templates I have ever seen. Thanks a lot!

[@voodoomotion5855]

Excellent, I think this will help me a lot in what i'm currently developing! Thanks so much for your great tuition :)

[@MoTharwat-sw2dc]

Clear, concise and straight to the point.

[@nyctophilic1790]

this is probably the best tutorial i have watched, very intuitive. Awsome work brother.

[@orocimarosay1447]

best tutorials ever please make more since I can't find anywhere else such detailed and advanced information and this information is what can make me a good programer

[@mbwilding]

Easily the best C++ resource on KZbin, thanks man!

[@SuperTravianPlayer]

Awsome video! I love the chill vibe and your voice is great... =)

[@ericdecolsales3066]

Fantastic class. The basics of templates got so easy now.

[@doingsneakypeakylike]

you make it so easy to understand! Please continue with more c++ vids. thank you :)

[@MrMunoz-xp2ry]

Sometimes when i watch these videos, I replay that mind blown video in my head.

[@matiassandacz9145]

IMPRESSIVE explanation. Very very VERY clear. Thank you.

[@BeingHumanMusic]

your delivery is really superb sir. Didn't see anyone like you.

[@helgabartok9755]

Love ya 😍😍😍 and of course your series. Every sec worth a treasure!!!

[@jonweinraub]

What a much better introduction to templates than just explaining how vector foo or something.

[@LeandroNunesLeandroN]

"This can get really crazy, really quickly" is my favourite quote here.

[@TM-su7vu]

Very simple and clear. I'm glad that I found your channel. Thanks!

[@freddo1230]

Really great video, thank you! Explained with such clarity.

[@janingvar]

You explain things better than some highly rated C++ lecturers on Udemy.

[@darshandhande8903]

This is one of the best videos of this series!

[@mistersir3185]

Cherno is an industry man that can also teach better than most college professors.

[@coltenpulis6679]

i am sitting at work doing code reviews and watching your videos lmao you are a lifesaver

[@ashish1122000]

Your videos are the best. Never stop making 'em.

[@sinned_rev]

Nice to see that you got straight to the point, where I was able to understand templates after having 90 minutes of programming lecture in the university without understanding a single thing :D

[@p30hacker]

best explanation of templates I have ever seen. thanks cherno!

[@user-sd2en6pn3z]

Why is it that nobody else seems to be able to explain c++ templates so clearly? I probably spent half a day struggling with this, then came upon this video and it was immediately clear. And even if I knew nothing about templates before seeing this, I think I still would have understood just as clearly. Thanks!

[@ianpan0102]

Best C++ series I could find on the internet

[@runetimon]

Dude this video is perfect for some one not understanding templates! :D

[@october3518]

I wouldn't have started learning C++ if it was not for your videos. I watched starting 18-20 vids then shifted to books because I really needed to clear few concepts. Now I understand a little bit better than past and m back !!

[@tomhollins9266]

A VERY clear explanation of templates. I will point newbies to your channel.

[@rishikeyyadav5717]

Really loved this video...even stackoverflow kneeled down before you... thanks again.

[@jonivanwin530]

Hey Cherno, I love your work. Continue like this. I want to ask you if you could make a series of networking, from the basics. Like sockets, client server. Thank you for your work.

[@baltazarus3307]

You're genius! Thanks for this video!

[@xarzu]

Great job. Good explaination.

[@sakshamdogra]

THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO TO EXPLAIN TEMPLATES. You just earned a subsciber.

[@oblivionronin]

Hey Cherno ! Love your videos ! Really well done, technical enough to be really usefull and really help out but also very well simplified ! you made a video serie on on OpenGL, I was wondering if you are planning on ever doing something on OpenCL and or Cuda, thoses languages are awesome, but coding examples in thoses are ussually pretty rare. keep up the good work !

[@maxmoeller3597]

This class stuff got me low key excited

[@harshkn]

Was waiting for this. Please make more template videos soon :D

[@WarWeasle1]

A solid explanation. Thank you. For an example of how people can abuse templates I give you the curiously recurring template pattern. Microsoft's ATL (among other) library was built around this and made the code a nightmare to understand. In the end you either used the code wizard or you couldn't use ATL.

[@malindasulochana7258]

dude, you are awesome. brilliant explanation and simple, keep up the good work. (Y)

[@MadAustinite]

I just learned more in 18 minutes than reading the same thing over and over again in my textbook for over an hour. Thanks man!

[@Jumph96]

Thanks for making this video, I finally have an idea on how this template thing works

[@prasannakumarkottakota68]

Thank you, it is wonderful explanation!

[@kevinchau5336]

wow.... I'm sooo glad I clicked on this video! thank you so much for the clear explanation!

[@ahmedibrahim7585]

Really the best video that explains templates. Thank you alot.

[@hassanedds3785]

That's the best explination I came across so far , thank you

[@moeenkamali1288]

best source of learning cpp ever. thanks man!

[@johnadams7843]

you won't find a better like to dislike ratio for coding tutorial than your channel, your tutorials are awesome, keep going!

[@HellPet]

Solid video again. Would like to see one about your own implementation of enable_if and some usages!

[@visuallization]

Why is he able to explain things in such a clear and simple manner so that everyone gets it and there are loads of books out there who can't?!

[@boywonder_YT]

Fantasitc way of explaing this, thank you

[@devchannel5232]

Man, you got me with this nice tutorial, i subscribed! Thanks a lot.

[@henokvanni3831]

I love the fact that the first time that he said the template definition i didn't understand, but then he wrote the code and when he repeated the definition i did understand what it meant. Thanks for the videos

[@YScript]

C++23 made it easier. You can type: void Func(auto var) { std::cout

[@michaeldennison459]

Wow. Make a Data Structures & Algorithms series. You give so much information, it's great. So many books are vague on what's going on and are more or less "here's what this does, and here's the syntax" but they don't give you the HOW like you do. This is my first time watching one of your videos, and I'll definitely be back.

[@alexandergonzalez5975]

Michael Dennison Can you recommend any channels for DS’s and Algorithms? I need help.

[@leixun]

*My takeaways:* 1. Problem with function overloading 2:02 2. Function template 4:01 3. Class template (variable) 10:06 4. Class template (data type and variable) 12:16 5. Where we may use template 16:10

[@oblivionronin]

Hey cherno ! love the series keep up the good work ! any chance you will cover Threads in the future ? thatd be awesome ! i worked a lot with them in Java but they seem wildly different in C++ for the syntax and handling of them.

[@sandrokan89]

Very useful infos, expecialy the "ignored typo in un-compiled function" exaple was eye-opening. By the way I don't know if you have any power over it, but you should consider "moving" the spot-break at 6:40 few seconds earlier or later as it interrupts a vital sentence mid-way and makes understanding a little bit more hard.

[@satyajeetkumarjha1482]

the example used by you is really good.

[@cooltuque]

WOW I just understood a load of stuff I didn't before... Thx Cherno. Best tutorials ever...

[@saeed5508]

great examples, Thank you

[@asfandshakeel8427]

That is brilliant mate. Thanks!

[@Nicolas-gq9vu]

Was waiting for a template video !

[@thedrunknmunky6571]

Nice sofa. Looks very comfy.

[@MatureFister]

as someone coming who is a noob and from a high level script language like python small bits like this at 6:15 are super helpful to clear the air

[@RX7GSLSEowner]

Would like to see a video regarding template metaprogramming. That stuff is mind bending.

[@taherbensassi2626]

your really make it look so easy ! thank you

[@_clemens_]

I once had a static method for splitting a string with a given delimeter. I wanted to reuse it, but in 1 spot I needed it as a std::set (wanted lexical sorting), in the other as a std::vector (wanted sorting like it was in the original string). I didn't want to copy paste the implementation of splitting ther string so maintaining is easier in case of bugs, so used a template and the .insert() function (with iterators) for supporting both std::vectors and std::sets.

[@tunisianleague2457]

Finally, I got how this weird C++ code in unreal engine works thanks man you made my day!!

[@sidewinder040]

Now I understand. A very clear explanation - Thank-you.

[@VarunArora14]

Best video to easily understand templates . I tried GeeksforGeeks but this made me understand better at beginner level .

[@naeroforceofficial]

Templates are a huge topic. Meanwhile in my classroom our professor wrote 5 pages of code and random theory+comment and expect us to understand the whole topic and be good at it.

[@iamnotaleapord]

Really great videos, thank you sir