C++26

 

C++

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Strings library

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Ranges library (C++20)

Algorithms library

Numerics library

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Filesystem library (C++17)

Regular expressions library (C++11)

Concurrency support library (C++11)

Execution support library (C++26)

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C++26

Current Status

 

The next generation of the C++ standard.

See: The current IS schedule for C++26 (2024-05-14).

New library features

New headers

• <debugging>
• <hazard_pointer>
• <inplace_vector>
• <linalg>
• <rcu>
• <text_encoding>

Compiler support

Main Article: C++26 compiler support

C++26 core language features

C++26 feature	Paper(s)	GCC	Clang	MSVC	Apple Clang	EDG eccp	Intel C++	IBM XL C++	IBM Open XL C++ for AIX	IBM Open XL C++ for z/OS	Sun/Oracle C++	Embarcadero C++ Builder	Cray	Nvidia HPC C++ (ex PGI)*	Nvidia nvcc
DR98: Removing undefined behavior from lexing	P2621R3	Yes	3.3
DR98: Making non-encodable string literals ill-formed	P1854R4	14	14
Unevaluated strings	P2361R6	14	17 (partial)* 18
Adding @, $, and ` to the basic character set	P2558R2	15	Yes
constexpr cast from void*	P2738R1	14	17
DR20: On the ignorability of standard attributes	P2552R3		Yes
DR11: Static storage for braced initializers	P2752R3	14
User-generated static_assert messages	P2741R3	14	17
Placeholder variables with no name	P2169R4	14	18
Pack indexing	P2662R3		19
Removing deprecated arithmetic conversion on enumerations	P2864R2	14	18
DR11/20: Template parameter initialization	P2308R1		18
Disallow binding a returned reference to a temporary	P2748R5	14	19
Attributes for structured bindings	P0609R3	15	19
Erroneous behavior for uninitialized reads	P2795R5
= delete("reason");	P2573R2	15	19
Variadic friends	P2893R3	15	20
DR98: Clarifying rules for brace elision in aggregate initialization	P3106R1	Yes	17
DR20: Disallow module declarations to be macros	P3034R1
DR11: Trivial infinite loops are not undefined behavior	P2809R3	14	19
constexpr placement new	P2747R2	15	20
Structured binding declaration as a condition	P0963R3	15	6 (partial)*
Ordering of constraints involving fold expressions	P2963R3		19
Deleting a pointer to an incomplete type should be ill-formed	P3144R2	15	19
C++26 feature	Paper(s)	GCC	Clang	MSVC	Apple Clang	EDG eccp	Intel C++	IBM XL C++	IBM Open XL C++ for AIX	IBM Open XL C++ for z/OS	Sun/Oracle C++	Embarcadero C++ Builder	Cray	Nvidia HPC C++ (ex PGI)*	Nvidia nvcc

C++26 library features

C++26 feature	Paper(s)	GCC libstdc++	Clang libc++	MSVC STL	Apple Clang*	IBM Open XL C/C++ for AIX*	Sun/Oracle C++*	Embarcadero C++ Builder*
Testing for success or failure of <charconv> functions	P2497R0	14	18
std::text_encoding: text encodings identification	P1885R12	14
Arithmetic overloads of std::to_string and std::to_wstring use std::format	P2587R3	14
Type checking format args	P2757R3	15
Formatting pointers	P2510R3	14*	17*	19.40**
Hashing support for std::chrono value classes	P2592R3
Read-Copy Update	P2545R4
Hazard Pointers	P2530R3
ADL-proof std::projected	P2538R1	14*	18*	19.38**
constexpr stable sorting	P2562R1
Member visit	P2637R3	15	18 (partial)* 19
std::is_within_lifetime	P2641R4
Extending associative containers with the remaining heterogeneous overloads	P2363R5
Enabling the use of std::weak_ptr as keys in unordered associative containers	P1901R2
Native handles in file streams	P1759R6	14	18
Interfacing string streams with std::string_view	P2495R3		19
Interfacing std::bitset with std::string_view	P2697R1		18
More constexpr for <cmath> and <complex>	P1383R2	4.6 (partial)*
Adding the new 2022 SI prefixes on ratios: std::quecto, std::ronto, std::ronna, and std::quetta	P2734R0	14	17
std::function_ref: type-erased callable reference	P0792R14
std::copyable_function	P2548R6
std::bind_front, std::bind_back, and std::not_fn to NTTP callables	P2714R1
std::submdspan()	P2630R4
Freestanding Language: Optional ::operator new	P2013R5			N/A
Saturation Arithmetic	P0543R3	14	18
<debugging>: Debugging Support	P2546R5 P2810R3
<linalg>: A free function linear algebra interface based on the BLAS	P1673R13
Making assert() macro user friendly	P2264R7
Runtime format strings	P2918R2	14	18
std::span over an initializer list	P2447R6		18
std::span::at()	P2821R5	14	18
Added tuple protocol to std::complex	P2819R2		19
A new specification for std::generate_canonical	P0952R2			19.42*
Removing deprecated typedef std::allocator::is_always_equal	P2868R3		18
Removing function overload of std::basic_string::reserve() that takes no argument	P2870R3		18
Remove deprecated Unicode conversion facets (<codecvt>)	P2871R3		18
Freestanding: removing std::strtok	P2937R0	14		19.40*
Freestanding Library: Partial Classes	P2407R5	14		19.42*
Freestanding Library: inout expected span	P2833R2	14		19.42*
DR23: std::basic_const_iterator should follow its underlying type’s convertibility	P2836R1 P2950R0	14		19.40*
DR20: std::make_format_args now accepts only lvalue references instead of forwarding references	P2905R2	14	18	19.40*
DR20: Fix formatting of code units as integers	P2909R4	13.3	18	19.40*
views::concat	P2542R8	15
Concatenation of strings and string views	P2591R5	15	19
Enabling list-initialization for algorithms	P2248R8 P3217R0	15
std::ranges::generate_random	P1068R11
Comparisons for std::reference_wrapper	P2944R3	14	19 (partial)*
Padded mdspan layouts	P2642R6
New CTAD for std::span and std::mdspan with integral constants	P3029R1		19
Atomic maximum and minimum	P0493R5
std::formatter<std::filesystem::path>	P2845R8
Printing Blank Lines with std::println()	P3142R0	14*	19*	19.41**
Undeprecate std::polymorphic_allocator::destroy	P2875R4		15	19.41*
Remove Deprecated strstreams	P2867R2		19
Remove Deprecated std::shared_ptr Atomic Access APIs	P2869R4
Remove std::wstring_convert	P2872R3		19
DR23: Permit an efficient implementation of std::print	P3107R5 P3235R3			19.43*
std::execution: sender-receiver model of execution control	P2300R10
std::inplace_vector: dynamically-resizable vector with fixed capacity	P0843R14
std::philox_engine: counter-based random number engine	P2075R6
std::optional range support	P3168R2
std::is_virtual_base_of: type trait for detecting virtual base classes	P2985R0	15	20
std::dims for std::mdspan	P2389R2		19
DR11: Formal specification of the type of std::ignore	P2968R2	15	19	19.42*
DR20: Removing the common reference requirement from the indirectly invocable concepts	P2997R1	15	19	19.42*
C++26 feature	Paper(s)	GCC libstdc++	Clang libc++	MSVC STL	Apple Clang*	IBM Open XL C/C++ for AIX*	Sun/Oracle C++*	Embarcadero C++ Builder*

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