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by kyberias 4165 days ago
Microsoft obviously should NOT first "complete" their C++11 support since there may very well be more important features in C++14 than some arcane features no-one would use in C++11. Same applies to all the other compiler vendors and all versions of the standard.
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Arcane features that no-one uses should not be in the standard but in some sort of optional extension, and a feature that is not supported by all major compilers might as well not exist, since it cannot be used in a portable code base.