Lambdas - from C++11 to C++20

In this Bits of Q tutorial we will be talking about Lambdas. Lambdas are anonymous functions that can be declared in line. They were added in C++11 and work really well when combined with standard library algorithms or when writing asynchronous or event driven code.

Related material:

Type deduction:
Part 1: Template & auto type deduction:

Part 2: decltype, Lambda captures and return type deduction:

Perfect forwarding:

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00:00 - Introduction
00:21 - Motivation and pre-C++11 approach
01:28 - Functors
02:37 - Lambdas
04:26 - Lambda captures
06:48 - Mutable lambdas
07:44 - Generic lambdas
09:05 - This in lambdas
09:47 - Passing and storing lambdas
10:51 - Summary

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