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Re: C++11 no longer experimental
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:07:07AM -0700, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 21 September 2011 19:00, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> > On 21 September 2011 18:51, Nathan Ridge wrote:
> >>
> >> Now that the C++11 standard has been officially voted in, there is nothing
> >> ?"experimental" about it any more.
> >
> > I thought the "experimental" refers to GCC's support, not the standard's status.
>
> The page you linked to even makes that clear:
>
> "Important: because the ISO C++0x draft is still evolving, GCC's
> support for C++0x is *experimental*. No attempt will be made to
> maintain backward compatibility with implementations of C++0x features
> that do not reflect the final C++0x standard."
No, the page now claims something that is incorrect. The C++0x draft is
no longer evolving. C++11 is an official standard now.
It is still the case that the *GCC support for the standard* has to be
considered experimental, which means that it's not yet possible to freeze
the ABI and provide the same level of backward compatibility as is
provided for C++98.
Still, the page needs an update.