Compiler support for C++11

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C++11 core language features

C++11 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	HP aCC	Digital Mars C++
C99 preprocessor	N1653	4.3	Yes	19.0 (2015)* (partial)* 19.26*	Yes	4.1	11.1	10.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.9	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.25	Yes
static_assert	N1720	4.3	2.9	16.0*	Yes	4.1	11.0	11.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.25	8.52
Right angle brackets	N1757	4.3	Yes	14.0*	Yes	4.1	11.0	12.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0
Extended friend declarations	N1791	4.7	2.9	16.0* (partial) 18.0*	Yes	4.1	11.1* 12.0	11.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.25
long long	N1811	Yes	Yes	14.0*	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	17.1.0	1.1.0	Yes	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	Yes	Yes
`auto`	N1984	4.4	Yes	16.0*	Yes	3.9	11.0 (v0.9) 12.0	11.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.25
Delegating constructors	N1986	4.7	3.0	18.0*	Yes	4.7	14.0	11.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.28
extern template	N1987	3.3	Yes	12.0*	Yes	3.9	9.0	11.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.25
`constexpr`	N2235	4.6	3.1	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.6	13.0* 14.0	12.1* 13.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.28
`char16_t` and `char32_t`	N2249	4.4	2.9	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.4	12.1* 14.0	13.1.1*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.27	8.52
Compiler support for type traits	N2255 N2518* N2984 N3142	4.3* 4.8* 5	3.0	14.0* (partial)* 19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.0	10.0	13.1.3	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015		6.16
Template aliases	N2258	4.7	3.0	18.0*	Yes	4.2	12.1	13.1.1*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.27
`alignas`	N2341	4.8	3.0	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.8	15.0	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.6	2015	7.0
`alignof`	N2341	4.5	2.9	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.8	15.0	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0
Defaulted and deleted functions	N2346	4.4	3.0	18.0*	Yes	4.1	12.0	13.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.25
Strongly-typed enum	N2347	4.4	2.9	17.0*	Yes	4.0	13.0	12.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.25
Atomic operations	N2427	4.4	3.1	17.0*	Yes	Yes	13.0	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.14	Yes	8.4	2015
nullptr	N2431	4.6	2.9	16.0*	Yes	4.2	12.1	13.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.27	8.52
Explicit conversion operators	N2437	4.5	3.0	18.0*	Yes	4.4	13.0	12.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.27
ref-qualifiers	N2439	4.8.1	2.9	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.7	14.0	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.28
Unicode string literals	N2442	4.4	3.0	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.7	11.0*	10.1* 13.1.1*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.7	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.28	8.52
Raw string literals	N2442	4.5	Yes	18.0*	Yes	4.7	14.0	13.1.1, except AIX xlC 13.1.3*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.28	8.52
Inline namespaces	N2535	4.4	2.9	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.5	14.0	11.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.28
Inheriting constructors	N2540	4.8	3.3	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.8	15.0	13.1.1*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0
Trailing function return types	N2541	4.4	2.9	16.0*	Yes	4.1	12.0	12.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.27
Unrestricted unions	N2544	4.6	3.0	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.6	14.0*	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.28
Variadic templates	N2242 N2555	4.3 (N2242) 4.4	2.9	18.0*	Yes	4.3 (N2242) 4.3	12.1	11.1 (N2242)	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.27
Expression SFINAE	N2634	4.4	2.9	19.14*	Yes	4.2	12.1		17.1.0	1.1.0		Yes	8.4	2015	7.0
Local and unnamed types as template parameters	N2657	4.5	2.9	16.0*	Yes	4.2	12.0	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.27
Thread-local storage	N2659	4.4 (partial) 4.8	3.3*	16.0* (partial) 19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.8	11.1 (partial) 15.0*	10.1 (partial)* 13.1.2 (partial)*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.9 (partial)	Yes	8.4	2015			8.52 (partial)
Dynamic initialization and destruction with concurrency (magic statics)	N2660	4.3	2.9	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	Yes	11.1*	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015		A.06.25
Garbage Collection and Reachability-Based Leak Detection	N2670
Initializer lists	N2672	4.4	3.1	18.0*	Yes	4.5	13.0 (partial) 14.0	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.28
Non-static data member initializers	N2756	4.7	3.0	18.0*	Yes	4.6	14.0	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.28
Attributes	N2761	4.8	3.3	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.2	12.1	13.1.1*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.27
Forward (opaque) enum declarations	N2764	4.6	3.1	17.0*	Yes	4.5	11.1 (partial) 14.0	12.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0
User-defined literals	N2765	4.7	3.1	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.8	15.0	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.14	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0
Rvalue references	N2118 N2844 CWG1138	4.3 (N2118) 4.5	2.9	16.0* (N2844) 17.0*	Yes	4.5	11.1 (N2118) 12.0 (N2844) 14.0	12.1	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0*	A.06.25
Lambda expressions	N2550 N2658 N2927	4.5	3.1	16.0* (N2658) 17.0*	Yes	4.1	12.0	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.25
Range-for loop	N2930 N3271	4.6	3.0	17.0*	Yes	4.5	13.0	13.1.2*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.28
noexcept	N3050	4.6	3.0	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.5	14.0	13.1.1*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.28
Defaulted move special member functions	N3053	4.6	3.0	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	4.5	14.0		17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.25
override and final	N2928 N3206 N3272	4.7	2.9	14.0* (partial) 17.0*	Yes	4.8	12.0 (N2928) 14.0	13.1.1*	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0
`decltype`	N2343 N3276	4.3 (N2343) 4.8.1	2.9	16.0*	Yes	4.2 (N2343) 4.8	11.0 (N2343) 12.0	11.1 (N2343)	17.1.0	1.1.0	5.13	Yes	8.4	2015	7.0	A.06.25	8.52 (N2343)
C++11 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	HP aCC	Digital Mars C++

C++11 library features

C++11 feature	Paper(s)	GCC libstdc++	Clang libc++	MSVC STL	Apple Clang*	IBM Open XL C/C++ for AIX*	Sun/Oracle C++*	Embarcadero C++ Builder*
Regular expressions library	N1429	4.9	2.8	?	Yes	17.1.0
Type traits	N1836* N2240 N2244 N2255 N2342 N2984 N3142	4.3* 4.8* 5	3.0	14.0* (partial)* 19.0 (2015)*	Yes	17.1.0	5.13	Yes
Member functions `cbegin`, `cend`, `crbegin`, and `crend` of containers	N1913 LWG1192	4.3* 4.5	Yes*	16.0*	Yes*	17.1.0
Garbage Collection and Reachability-Based Leak Detection (library support)	N2670	6 (no-op)*	3.4 (no-op)*	19.0 (2015)* (no-op)*	Yes (no-op)*	17.1.0
Money, Time, and hexfloat I/O manipulators	N2071 N2072	5	3.8	19.0 (2015)*	Yes	17.1.0	5.15
Disallowing COW (copy-on-write) std::basic_string	N2668	5	Yes	Yes	Yes	17.1.0	Yes
C++11 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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