Discussion on Aerial Silks and Xcode 16 Update

Jessica Wong and Ian Petersen join Timur and Phil. Ian and Jessica talk to us about libunifex and other async code projects at Meta, how it has evolved in the proposed std::execution and what structured concurrency is.

News

• XCode 16 beta
  • The std library that ships with XCode 16 supports "hardening"
  • libc++ hardening modes
• "What’s the deal with std::type_identity?" - Raymond Chen
• "C++ programmer's guide to undefined behavior: part 1 of 11" - PVS Studio
• "C++ Brain Teasers: Exercise Your Mind" - Anders Schau Knatten

Links

• "std::execution" - P2300R9
• "async_scope – Creating scopes for non-sequential concurrency" - P3149R3
• "Notes on structured concurrency, or: Go statement considered harmful"
• Folly Coro