C++ Compiler Feature Support Checklist

This repository amalgamates information about public C++ compilers and their feature support.

Please feel free to correct and contribute via pull requests!

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Helpful Sources

• https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/compiler_support

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Checkmarked Cell

Feature is fully supported, and no workarounds are needed.

Blank Cell

Feature is either entirely unsupported, is missing and has the potential of being supported, or has simply been untested.

Partial

Feature is only partially implemented and may require workarounds such as custom extensions.

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Checklist

Backportable Features

Compiler	nullptr	noexcept	override	final	static_assert	= delete	= default	char16_t	char32_t
MSVC2005
MSVC2008
MSVC2010	✓				✓			✓	✓
MSVC2012	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
MSVC2013	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
MSVC2015	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
MSVC2017	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Clang 2.9	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Clang 3.0	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GCC 4.1.1	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GCC 4.3	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GCC 4.4	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GCC 4.6	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GCC 4.7	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GCC 4.9	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

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Features that cannot be worked around

Compiler	auto decltype	Rvalue References	Variadic Templates	Range-Based for	Thread-Local Storage	Lambda Expressions	Strongly Typed Enumerations	Complex Data Member Initialisation	List & Aggregate Initialisation	constexpr	std::move	std::unique_ptr	std::weak_ptr	std::shared_ptr	std::atomic	std::thread	std::mutex	std::lock_guard	std::async	std::function	std::chrono
MSVC2005
MSVC2008
MSVC2010
MSVC2012
MSVC2013	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
MSVC2015	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
MSVC2017	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Clang 2.9
Clang 3.0
GCC 4.1.1
GCC 4.3
GCC 4.4
GCC 4.6
GCC 4.7
GCC 4.9