On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:07:07AM -0700, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > On 21 September 2011 19:00, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > > On 21 September 2011 18:51, Nathan Ridge wrote: > >> > >> Now that the C++11 standard has been officially voted in, there is nothing > >> "experimental" about it any more. > > > > I thought the "experimental" refers to GCC's support, not the standard's > > status. > > The page you linked to even makes that clear: > > "Important: because the ISO C++0x draft is still evolving, GCC's > support for C++0x is *experimental*. No attempt will be made to > maintain backward compatibility with implementations of C++0x features > that do not reflect the final C++0x standard."
No, the page now claims something that is incorrect. The C++0x draft is no longer evolving. C++11 is an official standard now. It is still the case that the *GCC support for the standard* has to be considered experimental, which means that it's not yet possible to freeze the ABI and provide the same level of backward compatibility as is provided for C++98. Still, the page needs an update.
