[MaulingMonkey]

> I feel they could have stopped with c++03.

You can still do this kind of horror with C++03. I'd know, I have!

Tests: http://sourceforge.net/p/libindustry/code/HEAD/tree/branches...

Code: http://sourceforge.net/p/libindustry/code/HEAD/tree/branches...

This was written shortly before I decided to stop fighting the language and simply use a better one for all of my hobby projects.