Re: [boost] [shared_array] Why not in C++11 ?

Sid Sacek wrote:

Peter Dimov wrote:

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As others already said, we only proposed shared_ptr and weak_ptr for TR1 (and then C++11).

A related question is why shared_ptr is not in C++14, and the answer here is that I proposed it just a bit too late for it to > be considered.

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2013/n3640.html

So then what? C++17 ?

I could be wrong, but it seems too trivial of a modification to push off into a future C++.

There is a cool-off period while C++14 is being finalized, in which no changes are accepted. That's ISO procedure. Once C++14 becomes an official standard, it'd become possible for N3640 to be discussed and, hopefully, accepted; it would then be up to individual compiler vendors to provide an implementation. There'd be no need to actually wait for C++17 for that, but officially, yes, C++17 will be the standard in which the changes will be published (if accepted). The switch to a three-year cycle caught some of us off guard. I should have proposed shared_ptr earlier, but I didn't, so that's where we stand now. Sorry. :-)