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# C++ compiler support

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The following table presents compiler support for new C++ features. These include C++11, C++14 and various technical specifications.

C++ feature | Paper(s) | Version | HP aCC | EDG eccp | GCC | Intel C++ | MSVC | IBM XLC++ | Sun/Oracle C++ | Embarcadero C++ Builder | Digital Mars C++ | Clang
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
`alignas` | N2341 | c++11 |  | 4.8 | 4.8 | 15.0 | 11.0* |  | 5.13 |  |  | 3.0
`alignof` | N2341 | c++11 |  | 4.8 | 4.5 | 15.0 | 14.0 |  | 5.13 | Yes |  | 2.9
Atomic operations | N2427 | c++11 |  | Yes | 4.4 | 13.0 | 11.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.1
`auto` | N1984(v1.0) | c++11 | A.06.25 | 4.1(v0.9) | 4.4(v1.0) | 11.0(v0.9) 12.0(v1.0) | 10.0(v0.9) | 11.1(v1.0) | 5.13 |  |  | Yes
C99 preprocessor | N1653 |  | A.06.25 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 11.1 | 14.0* | 10.1 | 5.9 |  | Yes | Yes
`constexpr` | N2235 | c++11 | A.06.28 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 13.0* 14.0 | 14.0* 14.0 | 12.1* 13.1 | 5.13 |  |  | 3.1
`decltype` | v1.0: N2343 v1.1: N3276 | c++11 | A.06.25 | 4.1(v1.0) | 4.3(v1.0) 4.8.1(v1.1) | 11.0(v1.0) 12.0(v1.1) | 10.0(v1.0) 11.0(v1.1) | 11.1(v1.0) | 5.13 | Yes | 8.52(v1.0) | 2.9
Defaulted and deleted functions | N2346 | c++11 | A.06.25 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 5.13 |  |  | 3.0
Delegating constructors | N1986 | c++11 | A.06.28 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 5.13 |  |  | 3.0
Explicit conversion operators | N2437 | c++11 | A.06.27 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 5.13 | Yes |  | 3.0
Extended friend declarations | N1791 | c++11 | A.06.25 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 11.1* 12.0 | 10.0* 12.0 | 11.1 | 5.13 |  |  | 2.9
extern template | N1987 | c++11 | A.06.25 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 11.1 | 5.13 | Yes |  | Yes
Forward enum declarations | N2764 | c++11 |  | 4.5 | 4.6 | 11.1* 14.0 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 5.13 |  |  | 3.1
Inheriting constructors | N2540 | c++11 |  | 4.8 | 4.8 | 15.0 | 14.0 |  | 5.13 |  |  | 3.3
Initializer lists | N2672 | c++11 | A.06.28 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 13.0* 14.0 | 12.0 |  | 5.13 |  |  | 3.1
Lambda expressions | v0.9: N2550 v1.0: N2658 v1.1: N2927 | c++11 | A.06.25 | 4.1(v1.1) | 4.5(v1.1) | 12.0(v1.1) | 10.0(v1.0) 11.0(v1.1) |  | 5.13 |  |  | 3.1
Local and unnamed types as template parameters | N2657 |  | A.06.27 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 12.0 | 10.0 |  | 5.13 |  |  | 2.9
long long | N1811 | c++11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
Inline namespaces | N2535 | c++11 | A.06.28 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 11.1 | 5.13 |  |  | 2.9
New character types | N2249 | c++11 | A.06.27 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 12.1* 14.0 | 14.0 |  | 5.13 |  | 8.52 | 2.9
Trailing function return types | N2541 | c++11 | A.06.27 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 12.1 | 5.13 |  |  | 2.9
nullptr | N2431 | c++11 | A.06.27 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 13.1 | 5.13 |  | 8.52 | 2.9
Unicode string literals | N2442 | c++11 | A.06.28 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 11.0* | 14.0 |  | 5.7 | Yes | 8.52 | 3.0
Raw string literals | N2442 | c++11 | A.06.28 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 14.0 | 12.0 |  | 5.13 |  | 8.52 | Yes
User-defined literals | N2765 | c++11 |  | 4.8 | 4.7 | 15.0 | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.1
Right angle brackets | N1757 | c++11 |  | 4.1 | 4.3 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 12.1 | 5.13 |  |  | Yes
R-value references | v1.0: N2118 v2.0: N2844 v2.1: N2844+ v3.0: N3053 | c++11 | A.06.25 | 4.5(v3.0) | 4.3(v1.0) 4.5(v2.1) 4.6(v3.0) | 11.1(v1.0) 12.0(v2.0) 14.0(v3.0) | 10.0(v2.0) 11.0(v2.1) 14.0(v3.0) | 12.1(v2.1) | 5.13 | Yes |  | Yes
static_assert | N1720 | c++11 | A.06.25 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 5.13 | Yes | 8.52 | 2.9
Strongly-typed enum | N2347 | c++11 | A.06.25 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 5.13 | Yes |  | 2.9
Template aliases | N2258 | c++11 | A.06.27 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 12.1 | 12.0 |  | 5.13 |  |  | 3.0
Thread-local storage | N2659 | c++11 |  | 4.8 | 4.4* 4.8 | 11.1* 15.0* | 10.0* 14.0 |  | 5.9* |  | 8.52* | 3.3* 3.3
Unrestricted unions | N2544 | c++11 | A.06.28 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 14.0* | 14.0 |  | 5.13 |  |  | 3.0
Type traits | N1836 | c++11 | 6.16 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 10.0 | 8.0 |  | 5.13 | Yes |  | 3.0
Variadic templates | v0.9: N2242 v1.0: N2555 | c++11 | A.06.27 | 4.1(v0.9) | 4.3(v0.9) 4.4(v1.0) | 12.1(v1.0) | 12.0 | 11.1(v0.9) | 5.13 |  |  | 2.9(v1.0)
Range-for loop | N2930 | c++11 | A.06.28 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 13.0 | 11.0 |  | 5.13 |  |  | 3.0
override and final | v0.8: N2928 v0.9: N3206 v1.0: N3272 | c++11 |  | 4.8(v1.0) | 4.7 | 12.0(v0.8) 14.0(v1.0) | 8.0(v0.8) 11.0(v1.0) |  | 5.13 |  |  | 2.9
Attributes | N2761 | c++11 | A.06.27 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 12.1 | 14.0 |  | 5.13 |  |  | 3.3
ref-qualifiers | N2439 | c++11 | A.06.28 | 4.7 | 4.8.1 | 14.0 | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 2.9
Non-static data member initializers | N2756 | c++11 | A.06.28 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 14.0 | 12.0 |  | 5.13 |  |  | 3.0
Dynamic initialization and destruction with concurrency (magic statics) | N2660 | c++11 | A.06.25 | Yes | 4.3 | 11.1* | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 2.9
noexcept | N3050 | c++11 | A.06.28 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 14.0 | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.0
Variable templates | N3651 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.4
Deprecated attribute | N3760 | c++14 |  | 4.9 | 4.9 | 15.0* | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
std::result_of and SFINAE | N3462 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Yes
Improving std::pair and std::tuple | N4387 | c++17 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
std::shared_mutex (untimed) | N4508 | c++17 |  |  | 5.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.7
`constexpr` for `<complex>` | N3302 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
`constexpr` for `<chrono>` | N3469 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
`constexpr` for `<array>` | N3470 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
`constexpr` for `<initializer_list>`, `<utility>` and `<tuple>` | N3471 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
Improved std::integral_constant | N3545 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
User-defined literals for `<chrono>` and `<string>` | N3642 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
Null forward iterators | N3644 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0* |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
std::quoted | N3654 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
Heterogeneous associative lookup | N3657 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
std::integer_sequence | N3658 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
std::shared_mutex (timed) | N3659 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
std::exchange | N3668 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
fixing `constexpr` member functions without `const` | N3669 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
std::get<T>() | N3670 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4
Dual-Range std::equal, std::is_permutation, std::mismatch | N3671 | c++14 |  |  | 5.0 |  | 14.0 |  |  |  |  | 3.4

* - hover over the version number to see notes

### [edit] References

Individual vendor compatibility checklists (these are more up-to-date than the table above)

- GCC

  - C++11 core language support status (complete as of 4.8.1)
  - C++14 core language support status (complete as of 5.0)
  - C++17 core language support status
  - C++11 library support status (complete as of 5.0)
  - C++14 library support status (complete as of 5.0)
  - Technical Specifications support status
  - C++17 library support status

- Clang++

  - C++11 core language support status (complete as of 3.3)
  - C++11 library support status (complete as of 2012-07-29)
  - C++14 core language support status (complete as of 3.4)
  - C++14 library support status (complete as of 3.5)
  - Technical Specifications support status
  - C++17 core language support status
  - C++17 library support status

- Microsoft Visual Studio

  - C++11/C++14/C++17 core language support status
    - C++11 core language support status in VS2013 ("VS12")
    - VS2013 vs. VS2015 CTP0
    - VS2013 vs. VS2015 CTP1
    - VS2013 vs. VS2015 CTP3 (includes the roadmap table)
    - VS2015 ("VS14") preview
    - VS2015 ("VS14") release candidate (C++11 remains incomplete, but C++17 support appears)
  - C++11 and C++14 library support status
  - C++11/14/17 Features In VS 2015 RTM including core language and standard library (including technical specifications)

- Intel C++

  - C++11 core language support status (complete as of 15.0)
  - C++14 core language support status (incomplete)
  - Intel does not ship an implementation of the C++ standard library

- EDG

  - C++11 core language support status
  - C++14 core language support status
  - EDG does not ship an implementation of the C++ standard library

- Oracle C++

  - C++11 core language support status
  - Oracle ships three implementations of the C++ standard library:
    - libCstd (RogueWave Standard Library version 2), predates C++98
    - stlport4 (STLport Standard Library version 4.5.3), predates C++03
    - stdcxx4 (Apache Standard Library version 4), predates C++11

- IBM XL C++

  - C++11 core language support status (v 13.1 for AIX)
  - IBM ships a version of Dinkumware library for AIX with full support for C++ TR1, including <regex>, but no C++11
  - C++11 core language support status (v 13.1.1 for Linux)
  - IBM does not ship an implementation of C++ standard library for Linux (uses GNU libstdc++)

- HP aCC

  - C++11 core language support status
  - HP ships a version of RogueWave STL 2.0 implementation of the C++98 standard library

- Digital Mars C++

  - C++11 core language support status

- Embarcadero C++

  - C++11 core language support status

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