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     26 <h1>C++ and C++'11 Support in Clang</h1>
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     28 <p>Last updated: $Date$</p>
     29 
     30 <p>Clang currently implements all of the ISO C++ 1998 standard
     31   (including the defects addressed in the ISO C++ 2003 standard)
     32   except for 'export' (which has been removed in C++'11)
     33   and is considered a production-quality C++ compiler.  The <a
     34    href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">LLVM bug tracker</a> contains a Clang
     35   C++ component that tracks known Clang C++ bugs.</p>
     36 
     37 <h2 id="cxx11">C++11 Implementation status</h2>
     38 
     39   <p>Clang provides support for a number of features included in the new <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=50372">ISO C++ Standard, ISO/IEC 14882:2011</a>. The following table describes which C++11 features have been implemented in Clang and in which Clang versions they became available.</p>
     40 
     41 <p>You can use Clang in C++11 mode either
     42 with <a href="http://libcxx.llvm.org/">libc++</a> or with gcc's libstdc++.
     43 libstdc++-4.4 requires <a href="libstdc++4.4-clang0x.patch">a patch</a> to work
     44 with clang; other versions have not been tested.</p>
     45 
     46 <table width="689" border="1" cellspacing="0">
     47  <tr>
     48     <th bgcolor="#ffddaa">Language Feature</th>
     49     <th bgcolor="#ffddaa">C++0x Proposal</th>
     50     <th bgcolor="#ffddaa">Available in Clang?</th>
     51  </tr>
     52      <tr>
     53       <td>Rvalue references</td>
     54       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2006/n2118.html">N2118</a></td>
     55       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
     56     </tr>
     57     <tr>
     58       <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rvalue references for <code>*this</code></td>
     59       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2439.htm">N2439</a></td>
     60       <td align="center">Clang 2.9<br/></td>
     61     </tr>
     62     <tr>
     63       <td>Initialization of class objects by rvalues</td>
     64       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1610.html">N1610</a></td>
     65       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
     66     </tr>
     67     <tr>
     68       <td>Non-static data member initializers</td>
     69       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2008/n2756.htm">N2756</a></td>
     70       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</a></td>
     71     </tr>
     72     <tr>
     73       <td>Variadic templates</td>
     74       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2242.pdf">N2242</a></td>
     75       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
     76     </tr>
     77     <tr>
     78       <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Extending variadic template template parameters</td>
     79       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2555.pdf">N2555</a></td>
     80       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
     81     </tr>
     82     <tr>
     83       <td>Initializer lists</td>
     84       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2672.htm">N2672</a></td>
     85       <td align="center">No</td>
     86     </tr>
     87     <tr>
     88       <td>Static assertions</td>
     89       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1720.html">N1720</a></td>
     90       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
     91     </tr>
     92     <tr>
     93       <td><code>auto</code>-typed variables</td>
     94       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2006/n1984.pdf">N1984</a></td>
     95       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
     96     </tr>
     97     <tr>
     98       <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Multi-declarator <code>auto</code></td>
     99       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1737.pdf">N1737</a></td>
    100       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    101     </tr>
    102     <tr>
    103       <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Removal of auto as a storage-class specifier</td>
    104       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2546.htm">N2546</a></td>
    105       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    106     </tr>
    107     <tr>
    108       <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;New function declarator syntax</td>
    109       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2541.htm">N2541</a></td>
    110       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    111     </tr>
    112     <tr>
    113       <td>New wording for C++0x lambdas</td>
    114       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2009/n2927.pdf">N2927</a></td>
    115       <td align="center">No</td>
    116     </tr>
    117     <tr>
    118       <td>Declared type of an expression</td>
    119       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2343.pdf">N2343</a></td>
    120       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    121     </tr>
    122     <tr>
    123       <td>Right angle brackets</td>
    124       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1757.html">N1757</a></td>
    125       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    126     </tr>
    127     <tr>
    128       <td>Default template arguments for function templates</td>
    129       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/cwg_defects.html#226">DR226</a></td>
    130       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    131     </tr>
    132     <tr>
    133       <td>Solving the SFINAE problem for expressions</td>
    134       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2634.html">DR339</a></td>
    135       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    136     </tr>
    137     <tr>
    138       <td>Alias templates</td>
    139       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2258.pdf">N2258</a></td>
    140       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</td>
    141     </tr>
    142     <tr>
    143       <td>Extern templates</td>
    144       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2006/n1987.htm">N1987</a></td>
    145       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    146     </tr>
    147     <tr>
    148       <td>Null pointer constant</td>
    149       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2431.pdf">N2431</a></td>
    150       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</td>
    151     </tr>
    152     <tr>
    153       <td>Strongly-typed enums</td>
    154       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2347.pdf">N2347</a></td>
    155       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    156     </tr>
    157     <tr>
    158       <td>Forward declarations for enums</td>
    159       <td>
    160 	<a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2764.pdf">N2764
    161       </a></td>
    162       <td align="center">No</td>
    163     </tr>
    164     <tr>
    165       <td>Generalized attributes</td>
    166       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2761.pdf">N2761</a></td>
    167       <td align="center">No</td>
    168     </tr>
    169     <tr>
    170       <td>Generalized constant expressions</td>
    171       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2235.pdf">N2235</a></td>
    172       <td align="center">No</td>
    173     </tr>
    174     <tr>
    175       <td>Alignment support</td>
    176       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2341.pdf">N2341</a></td>
    177       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</td>
    178     </tr>
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    182       <td>Delegating constructors</td>
    183       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2006/n1986.pdf">N1986</a></td>
    184       <td align="center">Clang 3.0<br/></td>
    185     </tr>
    186     <tr>
    187       <td>Inheriting constructors</td>
    188       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2540.htm">N2540</a></td>
    189       <td align="center">No</td>
    190     </tr>
    191     <tr>
    192       <td>Explicit conversion operators</td>
    193       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2437.pdf">N2437</a></td>
    194       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</td>
    195     </tr>
    196     <tr>
    197       <td>New character types</td>
    198       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2249.html">N2249</a></td>
    199       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    200     </tr>
    201     <tr>
    202       <td>Unicode string literals</td>
    203       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2442.htm">N2442</a></td>
    204       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</td>
    205     </tr>
    206     <tr>
    207       <td>Raw string literals</td>
    208       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2442.htm">N2442</a></td>
    209       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</td>
    210     </tr>
    211     <tr>
    212       <td>Universal character name literals</td>
    213       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2170.html">N2170</a></td>
    214       <td align="center">No</td>
    215     </tr>
    216     <tr>
    217       <td>User-defined literals</td>
    218       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2765.pdf">N2765</a></td>
    219       <td align="center">No</td>
    220     </tr>
    221     <tr>
    222       <td>Standard Layout Types</td>
    223       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2342.htm">N2342</a></td>
    224       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</td>
    225     </tr>
    226     <tr>
    227       <td>Defaulted and deleted functions</td>
    228       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2346.htm">N2346</a></td>
    229       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    230     </tr>
    231     <tr>
    232       <td>Extended friend declarations</td>
    233       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1791.pdf">N1791</a></td>
    234       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    235     </tr>
    236     <tr>
    237       <td>Extending <code>sizeof</code></td>
    238       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2253.html">N2253</a></td>
    239       <td align="center">No</td>
    240     </tr>
    241     <tr>
    242       <td>Inline namespaces</td>
    243       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2535.htm">N2535</a></td>
    244       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    245     </tr>
    246     <tr>
    247       <td>Unrestricted unions</td>
    248       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2544.pdf">N2544</a></td>
    249       <td align="center">No</td>
    250     </tr>
    251     <tr>
    252       <td>Local and unnamed types as template arguments</td>
    253       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2657.htm">N2657</a></td>
    254       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    255     </tr>
    256     <tr>
    257       <td>Range-based for</td>
    258       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2009/n2930.html">N2930</a></td>
    259       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</td>
    260     </tr>
    261     <tr>
    262       <td>Explicit virtual overrides</td>
    263       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2009/n2928.htm">N2928</a>
    264 	<br/><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2010/n3206.htm">N3206</a>
    265 <br/><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2011/n3272.htm">N3272</a></td>
    266       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</td>
    267     </tr>
    268     <tr>
    269       <td>Minimal support for garbage collection and reachability-based leak detection</td>
    270       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2670.htm">N2670</a></td>
    271       <td align="center">No</td>
    272     </tr>
    273     <tr>
    274       <td>Allowing move constructors to throw [noexcept]</td>
    275       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2010/n3050.htm">N3050</a></td>
    276       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</td>
    277     </tr>
    278     <tr>
    279       <td>Defining move special member functions</td>
    280       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2010/n3053.htm">N3053</a></td>
    281       <td align="center">Clang 3.0</td>
    282     </tr>
    283 
    284     <tr class="separator">
    285       <th align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffddaa">Concurrency</th>
    286     </tr>
    287     <tr>
    288       <td>Sequence points</td>
    289       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2239.html">N2239</a></td>
    290       <td align="center">No</td>
    291     </tr>
    292     <tr>
    293       <td>Atomic operations</td>
    294       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2427.html">N2427</a></td>
    295       <td align="center">No</td>
    296     </tr>
    297     <tr>
    298       <td>Strong Compare and Exchange</td>
    299       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2748.html">N2748</a></td>
    300       <td align="center">No</td>
    301     </tr>
    302     <tr>
    303       <td>Bidirectional Fences</td>
    304       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2752.htm">N2752</a></td>
    305       <td align="center">No</td>
    306     </tr>
    307 
    308     <tr>
    309       <td>Memory model</td>
    310       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2429.htm">N2429</a></td>
    311       <td align="center">No</td>
    312     </tr>
    313     <tr>
    314       <td>Data-dependency ordering: atomics and memory model</td>
    315       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2664.htm">N2664</a></td>
    316       <td align="center">No</td>
    317     </tr>
    318     <tr>
    319       <td>Propagating exceptions</td>
    320       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2179.html">N2179</a></td>
    321       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    322     </tr>
    323     <tr>
    324       <td>Abandoning a process and at_quick_exit</td>
    325       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2440.htm">N2440</a></td>
    326       <td align="center">No</td>
    327     </tr>
    328     <tr>
    329       <td>Allow atomics use in signal handlers</td>
    330       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2547.htm">N2547</a></td>
    331       <td align="center"><span class="unsupported">No</span></td>
    332     </tr>
    333     <tr>
    334       <td>Thread-local storage</td>
    335       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2659.htm">N2659</a></td>
    336       <td align="center">No</td>
    337     </tr>
    338     <tr>
    339       <td>Dynamic initialization and destruction with concurrency</td>
    340       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2660.htm">N2660</a></td>
    341       <td align="center">No</td>
    342     </tr>
    343 
    344     <tr class="separator">
    345       <th align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffddaa">C99 Features in C++0x</th>
    346     </tr>
    347     <tr>
    348       <td><code>__func__</code> predefined identifier</td>
    349       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2340.htm">N2340</a></td>
    350       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    351     </tr>
    352     <tr>
    353       <td>C99 preprocessor</td>
    354       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1653.htm">N1653</a></td>
    355       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    356     </tr>
    357     <tr>
    358       <td><code>long long</code></td>
    359       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1811.pdf">N1811</a></td>
    360       <td align="center">Clang 2.9</td>
    361     </tr>
    362     <tr>
    363       <td>Extended integral types</td>
    364       <td><a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2006/n1988.pdf">N1988</a></td>
    365       <td align="center">No</td>
    366     </tr>
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