Re: C++11 no longer experimental

Gerald Pfeifer Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:25:55 -0700

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011, Oleg Endo wrote:
> Since C++11 is now the official name, wouldn't it be better to use the 
> new name instead of the old one after the initial historical 
> introduction? :) Like...


Yes.  Originally I wanted to avoid that to get my patch in faster,
but since you ask.  Here is a more complete patch.

Jason?

Gerald

Index: cxx0x.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/projects/cxx0x.html,v
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -r1.50 cxx0x.html
--- cxx0x.html  26 Oct 2011 19:48:57 -0000      1.50
+++ cxx0x.html  30 Oct 2011 19:24:05 -0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <html>
 <head>
-  <title>C++0x Support in GCC</title>
+  <title>C++0x/C++11 Support in GCC</title>
     <style type="text/css">
       /* <![CDATA[*/
         tr.separator { background: #ffffcc}
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
 </head>
 
 <body>
-  <h1>C++0x Support in GCC</h1>
+  <h1>C++0x/C++11 Support in GCC</h1>
 
-  <p>C++0x is the working name of the next ISO C++ standard, due by
-  the end of this decade, which introduces a host of new features into
-  the standard C++ language and library. This project seeks to
-  implement new C++0x features in GCC and to make it one of the first
-  compilers to bring C++0x to C++ programmers.</p>
+  <p>C++0x was the working name of a new ISO C++ standard, which was
+  then released in 2011 as C++11 and introduces a host of new features
+  into the standard C++ language and library. This project seeks to
+  implement new C++11 features in GCC and to make it one of the first
+  compilers to bring C++11 to C++ programmers.</p>
 
-  <p>C++0x features are available as part of the "mainline" GCC
+  <p>C++11 features are available as part of the "mainline" GCC
     compiler in the trunk of
     <a href="../svn.html">GCC's Subversion
       repository</a> and in GCC 4.3 and later. To enable C++0x
@@ -27,27 +27,26 @@
       add <code>-std=gnu++0x</code> to your <code>g++</code> command
       line.</p>
 
-  <p><b>Important</b>: because the ISO C++0x draft is still evolving,
-  GCC's support for C++0x is <b>experimental</b>.  No attempt will be
-  made to maintain backward compatibility with implementations of
-  C++0x features that do not reflect the final C++0x standard.</p>
+  <p><strong>Important</strong>: GCC's support for C++11 is still
+  <strong>experimental</strong>.</p>
 
-<h2>C++0x Language Features</h2>
+<h2>C++11 Language Features</h2>
 
   <p>The following table lists new language features that have been
-  accepted into the C++0x draft standard. The "Proposal" column
+  accepted into the C++11 standard. The "Proposal" column
   provides a link to the ISO C++ committee proposal that describes the
   feature, while the "Available in GCC?" column indicates the first
   version of GCC that contains an implementation of this feature (if
   it has been implemented). For the most complete and up-to-date
-  information about new language features in C++0x, please see
+  information about new language features in C++11, please see
   the <a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/";>ISO
   C++ Committee Papers</a> and look for the most recent "State of C++
   Evolution" paper by Alisdair Meridith. </p>
 
 <!-- 2009-04-07 based on n2869 post-san francisco -->
 
-  <p>For information about C++0x support in a specific version of GCC, please 
see:</p>
+  <p>For information about C++11 support in a specific version of GCC,
+  please see:</p>
   <ul>
     <li><a href="../gcc-4.3/cxx0x_status.html">GCC 4.3 C++0x Status</a></li>
     <li><a href="../gcc-4.4/cxx0x_status.html">GCC 4.4 C++0x Status</a></li>

Re: C++11 no longer experimental

Reply via email to