This appendix groups the main features covered in this book by standard version and notes the chapter where each appears, so you can browse "by version" or quickly locate a feature later. If you are already familiar with the content of a given version, feel free to jump straight to the section you need.
| Feature | Chapter |
|---|
nullptr | Chapter 2 |
constexpr (relaxed in C++14) | Chapter 2 |
Initializer lists (std::initializer_list) | Chapter 2 |
auto type deduction | Chapter 2 |
decltype / decltype(auto) (C++14) | Chapter 2 |
| Tail return type | Chapter 2 |
| Range-based for loop | Chapter 2 |
| External / alias / default / variadic templates | Chapter 2 |
| Delegating and inheriting constructors | Chapter 2 |
Explicit override / final | Chapter 2 |
Explicit = default / = delete | Chapter 2 |
Strongly-typed enums (enum class) | Chapter 2 |
SFINAE and std::enable_if | Chapter 2 |
| Lambda expressions, generic lambdas (C++14) | Chapter 3 |
std::function, std::bind | Chapter 3 |
| Rvalue references, move semantics, perfect forwarding | Chapter 3 |
std::array, std::forward_list, unordered containers, std::tuple | Chapter 4 |
Smart pointers shared_ptr / unique_ptr / weak_ptr, make_unique (C++14) | Chapter 5 |
Regular expressions (std::regex) | Chapter 6 |
| Threads, mutexes, futures, condition variables, atomics & memory model | Chapter 7 |
long long, noexcept, raw/user-defined literals, memory alignment | Chapter 9 |
| Feature | Chapter |
|---|
| Structured bindings | Chapter 2 |
if / switch init-statements | Chapter 2 |
if constexpr | Chapter 2 |
Fold expressions, auto non-type template parameters | Chapter 2 |
Inline variables, nested namespaces, constexpr lambda | Chapter 2 |
Single-argument static_assert, new aggregate rules | Chapter 2 |
Boolean logic metafunctions, __has_include | Chapter 2 |
| Guaranteed copy elision | Chapter 3 |
std::string_view, std::byte | Chapter 4 |
Associative container improvements (try_emplace / merge …), std::pmr | Chapter 4 |
std::filesystem | Chapter 8 |
new for over-aligned types | Chapter 9 |
| Mathematical special functions | Chapter 9 |
| Feature | Chapter |
|---|
| Concepts and constraints | Chapter 10 |
| Modules | Chapter 10 |
| Ranges | Chapter 10 |
| Coroutines | Chapter 10 |
std::bit_cast | Chapter 9 |
| Feature | Chapter |
|---|
Deducing this (explicit object parameter) | Chapter 11 |
if consteval, multidimensional subscript | Chapter 11 |
auto(x), static operator(), [[assume]] | Chapter 11 |
std::expected | Chapter 11 |
std::print / std::println | Chapter 11 |
std::mdspan, std::flat_map / std::flat_set | Chapter 11 |
Ranges additions (zip …), string::contains, std::byteswap | Chapter 11 |
| Feature | Chapter |
|---|
| Static reflection | Chapter 12 |
| Contracts | Chapter 12 |
Pack indexing, = delete with a reason, the placeholder _ | Chapter 12 |
std::execution (senders / receivers) | Chapter 12 |
| Saturation arithmetic | Chapter 12 |
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