C++ links: Modules (WIP draft)

cpp.std.modules.draft.md

C++ links: Modules

https://github.com/MattPD/cpplinks / C++ Standard / C++20 / Modules

Readings

• https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/modules
• C++ Modules: A Brief Tour
  • Overload, 28(159), October 2020
  • Nathan Sidwell
  • https://accu.org/journals/overload/28/159/sidwell/
  • https://accu.org/journals/overload/28/159/overload159.pdf#page=21
• C++ Modules Introduction and Guidelines
  • Modules Introduction - https://build2.org/build2/doc/build2-build-system-manual.xhtml#cxx-modules-intro
  • Modules Design Guidelines - https://build2.org/build2/doc/build2-build-system-manual.xhtml#cxx-modules-guidelines
  • Modularizing Existing Code - https://build2.org/build2/doc/build2-build-system-manual.xhtml#cxx-modules-existing
  • Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/73szjq/c_modules_introduction_and_guidelines/
• Hello World with C++2a modules
  • https://quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2019/11/07/modular-hello-world/
• Understanding C++ Modules
  • Part 1: Hello Modules, and Module Units
    • https://vector-of-bool.github.io/2019/03/10/modules-1.html
  • Part 2: export, import, visible, and reachable
    • https://vector-of-bool.github.io/2019/03/31/modules-2.html
  • Part 3: Linkage and Fragments
    • https://vector-of-bool.github.io/2019/10/07/modules-3.html
• GCC Wiki - C++ Modules
  • https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cxx-modules
  • Modules ABI Implications
    • https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cxx-modules?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=module-abi-2017-09-01.pdf
• WG21 papers
  • P1103R3: Merging Modules
    • 2019-02-22; Richard Smith
    • https://wg21.link/P1103R3
  • P1184: A Module Mapper
    • 2018-11-12; Nathan Sidwell
    • https://wg21.link/P1184
    • C++20 module protocol
      • http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/cfe-dev/2020-May/065487.html
  • P1703R1: Recognizing Header Unit Imports Requires Full Preprocessing
    • 2019-07-19; Boris Kolpackov
    • https://wg21.link/P1703R1
  • P1766R1: Mitigating minor modules maladies
    • 2019-07-18; Richard Smith
    • https://wg21.link/P1766R1
  • P1779R3: ABI isolation for member functions
    • 2020-01-14; S. Davis Herring
    • https://wg21.link/p1779r3
  • P1811R0: Relaxing redefinition restrictions for re-exportation robustness
    • 2019-07-18; Richard Smith, Gabriel Dos Reis
    • http://wg21.link/p1811r0
  • P1815R2: Translation-unit-local entities
    • 2020-02-14; S. Davis Herring
    • https://wg21.link/p1815r2
  • P1857R3: Modules Dependency Discovery
    • 2020-02-11; Michael Spencer
    • https://wg21.link/p1857r3
  • P1874R1: Dynamic Initialization Order of Non-Local Variables in Modules
    • 2019-11-08; Michael Spencer
    • http://wg21.link/p1874r1
  • P1979R0: Resolution to US086
    • 2019-11-08; Mathias Stearn
    • https://wg21.link/P1979R0
    • US086 10.03 Treatment of non-exported imports
      • cplusplus/nbballot#85
  • P2115R0: US069: Merging of multiple definitions for unnamed unscoped enumerations
    • 2020-02-14; Nathan Sidwell
    • http://wg21.link/P2115R0

Talks

2021

• A short tour of C++ Modules: Modules demystified and applied
  • Daniela Engert
  • Meeting C++ 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35SlLAGLRIA
  • NDC TechTown 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAL4GlBt_Yk
• C++ Modules: Year 2021
  • Pure Virtual C++ 2021; Gabriel Dos Reis
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcZntyWpqVQ
  • https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/CPP/Pure-Virtual-Cpp-2021/Cpp-Modules-Year-2021
• Implementing C++ Modules: Lessons Learned, Lessons Abandoned
  • CppCon 2021
  • Cameron DaCamara & Gabriel Dos Reis
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OWGgkuyFV8
• Visibility, Reachability, Linkage – The Three Secret Spices of C++ Modules
  • Daniela Engert
  • Pure Virtual C++ 2021 (30 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB17MeFzR5k
  • Meeting C++ 2021 (1 h): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_83lyxWGtE
  • https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/CPP/Pure-Virtual-Cpp-2021/Visibility-Reachability-Linkage--The-Three-Secret-Spices-of-C-Modules

2020

• Practical C++20 Modules and the future of tooling around C++ Modules
  • Pure Virtual C++ 2020; Cameron DaCamara
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow2zV0Udd9M

2019

• Building Modules
  • CppCon 2019; Michael Spencer
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0SHHkBenss
• C++ Modules: What You Should Know
  • CPPP 2019; Gabriel Dos Reis
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP6SJEBt6Ss
  • https://github.com/cppp-france/CPPP-19/tree/master/C%2B%2B_modules_what_you_should_know-Gabriel_Dos_Reis
• Converting to C++20 Modules
  • CppCon 2019; Nathan Sidwell
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVsWIEw3TTw
• Dr Module and Sister #include
  • Meeting C++ 2019; Daniela Engert
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCFOTle2G-A
  • Exploration of the 'janus technique' to use the same source code as both a module interface unit and a #include
    • https://github.com/DanielaE/janus
• Modules are Coming
  • Bryce Adelstein Lelbach
  • Core C++ 2019
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDTm6y6fNSU
    • https://corecppil.github.io/CoreCpp2019/Keynotes/Bryce_Modules_Are_Coming.pdf
  • Meeting Cpp 2019
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yee9i2rUF3s
    • https://meetingcpp.com/mcpp/slides/2019/modules_are_coming__r3__2019__meeting_cpp2379.pdf
• Modules: The Beginner’s Guide
  • Meeting C++ 2019; Daniela Engert
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqo-jIq4V3I
  • https://meetingcpp.com/mcpp/slides/2019/modules-the-beginners-guide-meetingcpp2019.pdf
• Practical C++ Modules
  • CppCon 2019; Boris Kolpackov
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szHV6RdQdg8
• Programming with C++ Modules: Guide for the Working Software Developer
  • CppCon 2019; Gabriel Dos Reis
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjSuKOz5HK4
• The Rough Road Towards Upgrading to C++ Modules
  • C++Now 2019; Richárd Szalay
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJxQs8qgn-c

2018

• Build Impact of Explicit and C++ Standard Modules
  • 2018 LLVM Developers’ Meeting; David Blaikie
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-iiA18BRCQ
• C++ Modules
  • CppCon 2018; Nathan Sidwell
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi2lTaC5p0I
• C++ Modules and Tooling
  • GNU Tools Cauldron 2018; Nathan Sidwell
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yOZ8Zp_Zfk
• Progress With C++ Modules
  • GNU Tools Cauldron 2018; Nathan Sidwell
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CadIjPRZpM

2017

• Adding C++ modules-ts to the GNU Compiler
  • CppCon 2017; Nathan Sidwell
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EI3XBde_w4
  • https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cauldron2017?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=sidwell-modules-handout.pdf
• Building C++ Modules
  • CppCon 2017; Boris Kolpackov
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8EbDcLQAoc