Microsoft's, online, free C++ conference is now over, and all the talks are available to watch; both the live featured sessions and the on-demand ones. Check them out and let us know what topics, tools, or speakers you'd like us to feature next year! We're also preparing for CppCon in September, where we'll have more content to talk about.

Featured sessions

• C++ semantic awareness in the CLI: From Project Load to Code Change — Sinem Akinci
• Mind The Gap: C++/Rust Interop — Victor Ciura
• From Completions to Agents: AI-Driven C++ in Visual Studio — Augustin Popa
• Cut Your Build Times Without Becoming a Build Expert — David Li
• C++/WinRT: Build faster and smaller with C++20 modules — Ryan Shepherd

On-demand sessions

• C++ Dependencies Without the Headache: vcpkg + Copilot CLI — Augustin Popa
• What’s new in VS Code CMake Tools: AI-powered development — Garrett Campbell & Hannia Valera
• PackageReference for C++: Modernization Without the Performance Cost — Moyo Okeremi
• Eliminate MSVC upgrade anxiety with Copilot agents — Michael Price
• Always Be Upgrading: Living at HEAD with MSVC — Michael Price
• MSVC, are we there yet? Status of C++23 and C++26 features — RanDair Porter
• Sample Profile-Guided Optimization in Practice: from prototype to production — Armin Gerritsen

Announced officially on the Boost mailing list

Introduction

The formal review of Matt Borland's boost::int128 for inclusion in the Boost libraries, starts today.

Int128 is a portable C++14 implementation of signed and unsigned 128-bit integers. It has no dependencies, is header-only, and can be consumed as a module in C++20. It serves as a practical solution to the partial (resp. absent) support of 128-bit integers by gcc/clang (resp. msvc), and as a lightweight alternative to heavier projects.

You can find the library and its documentation here:
- https://github.com/cppalliance/int128/tree/boost_review
- https://develop.int128.cpp.al/overview.html
- Compiler Explorer: https://godbolt.org/z/5aM6K9b4r

Although possibly not faithful to Matt's implementation, this CE link will be handy if you are in a rush but want to play with the library.

Anyone is welcome to post a review and/or take part in subsequent discussions in the mailing list.

Review guidelines

Please provide feedback on the following general topics:

• What is your evaluation of the design?
• What is your evaluation of the implementation?
• What is your evaluation of the documentation?
• What is your evaluation of the potential usefulness of the library?
• Did you try to use the library? With which compiler(s)? Did you have any problems?
• How much effort did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick reading? In-depth study?
• Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain?

Ensure to explicitly include with your review: ACCEPT, REJECT, or CONDITIONAL ACCEPT (with acceptance conditions).

Thank you for your time making our OSS ecosystem better. Happy to start the discussions!

Arnaud Becheler (Review Manager)