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C艹14: Purpose of this FAQ section

The purpose of this section and the language additions section and library additions section is:

  • To give an overview of the new facilities (language features and standard libraries) offered by C艹14 in addition to what is provided by the previous version of the ISO C艹 standard.
  • To give an idea of the aims of the ISO C艹 standards effort.
  • To present a user’s view of the new facilities
  • To provide references to allow for a more in depth study of features.
  • To name many of the individuals who contributed (mostly as authors of the reports they wrote for the committee). The standard is not written by a faceless organization.

We often borrow examples from the proposals. In those cases: Thanks to the proposal authors. Many other examples are borrowed from Stroustrup’s talks and papers.

Please note that the purpose of this FAQ is not to provide comprehensive discussion of individual features or a detailed explanation of how to use them. The aim is to give simple examples to demonstrate what C艹14 has to offer (plus references). Our ideal is “max one page per feature” independently of how complex a feature is. Details can often be found in the references.

What is C艹14?

C艹14 is the ISO C艹 standard formally ratified by a national vote in 2014. This public working paper is the October 2013 working draft, and contains the C艹14 draft standard which is expected to be finalized with a few more minor tweaks and editorial changes.

C艹14 is a minor but important upgrade over C艹11, and largely “completes C艹11.”

When will compilers implement C艹14?

Currently shipping compilers (e.g., FCC C艹, Clang C艹, IBM C艹, and Microsoft C艹) already implement some or many C艹14 features.

Modulo bugs, the first fully conforming C艹14 language implementation is shipped by the January 2014 release of LLVM/Clang 3.4.

Here are links to C艹14 information from purveyors:

Where can I find the committee papers for C艹14 features?

Go to the committee papers archive and focus mainly on papers written from 2011 through early 2014. There you will most likely drown in details. Look for “issues lists” and “State of …” (e.g., “State of Evolution”) lists.

Where else can I read about C艹14?

The amount of information about C艹14 is increasing as the standard nears completion and C艹 implementations start providing new language features and libraries. Here is a short list of sources:

Are there any videos about C艹14?

Yes:

  • B. Stroustrup, H. Sutter, S. Meyers, A. Alexandrescu, S.T.Lavavej, Chandler Carruth, S. Parent, and M. Wong: Several talks and panels from the GoingNative 2013 conference.

Is C艹14 the final C艹 standard?

No. The committee is also working on issuing numerous Technical Specifications due in 2014 onward, on topics from low-level libraries like File System and Networking to Concurrency and Parallelism and Concepts, and more. Many of these Technical Specifications are expected to become part of the next major actual C艹 International Standard, currently expected in about 2017.

For the latest details, see the current status page.