C++20

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The curent revision of the C++ standard

New language features

New library features

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Library features

Defect reports

Defect Reports fixed in C++20 (135 core, 306 library)

Compiler support

Main Article: C++ compiler support

C++20 core language features

C++20 feature
 
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Allow lambda-capture [=, this] P0409R2 8 6 19.22*

10.0.0*

5.1
__VA_OPT__ P0306R4
P1042R1
8 (partial)*
10 (partial)*
9 19.25*

11.0.3*

5.1
Designated initializers P0329R4 4.7 (partial)*
8
3.0 (partial)*
10
19.21* (partial)* 5.1
template-parameter-list for generic lambdas P0428R2 8 9 19.22*

11.0.0*

5.1
Default member initializers for bit-fields P0683R1 8 6 19.25*

10.0.0*

5.1
Initializer list constructors in class template argument deduction P0702R1 8 6 19.14* Yes 5.0
const&-qualified pointers to members P0704R1 8 6 19.0*

10.0.0*

5.1
Concepts P0734R0 6
(TS only)
10
10 19.23* (partial)* 6.1
Lambdas in unevaluated contexts P0315R4 9 19.28*
Three-way comparison operator P0515R3 10 8 (partial)
10
19.20* 5.1
DR: Simplifying implicit lambda capture P0588R1 8 19.24* 5.1
init-statements for range-based for P0614R1 9 8 19.25*

11.0.0*

6.0
Default constructible and assignable stateless lambdas P0624R2 9 8 19.22*

10.0.1*

5.1
const mismatch with defaulted copy constructor P0641R2 9 8 19.21* (partial)

10.0.1*

5.1
Access checking on specializations P0692R1 Yes 8 (partial) 19.26*

10.0.1* (partial)

5.1
ADL and function templates that are not visible P0846R0 9 9 19.21*

11.0.3*

5.1
Less eager instantiation of constexpr functions P0859R0 5.2 (partial)*
9
8
Attributes [[likely]] and [[unlikely]] P0479R5 9 12 (partial) 19.26* 5.1
Make typename more optional P0634R3 9 5.1
Pack expansion in lambda init-capture P0780R2 9 9 19.22*

11.0.3*

6.1
Attribute [[no_unique_address]] P0840R2 9 9

11.0.3*

5.1
Conditionally Trivial Special Member Functions P0848R3 10 19.28* 6.1
DR: Relaxing the structured bindings customization point finding rules P0961R1 8 8 19.21*

10.0.1*

5.1
DR: Relaxing the range-for loop customization point finding rules P0962R1 8 8 5.1
DR: Allow structured bindings to accessible members P0969R0 8 8 19.21*

10.0.1*

5.1
Destroying operator delete P0722R3 9 6 19.27*

10.0.0*

6.1
Class types in non-type template parameters P0732R2 9 19.26*
Deprecate implicit capture of this via [=] P0806R2 9 19.22* 5.1
explicit(bool) P0892R2 9 9 19.24*

11.0.3*

5.1
Integrating feature-test macros P0941R2 5 3.4 19.15* (partial)
19.20*
Yes 5.0
Prohibit aggregates with user-declared constructors P1008R1 9 8 19.20*

10.0.1*

5.1
constexpr virtual function P1064R0 9 9

11.0.3*

5.1
Consistency improvements for comparisons P1120R0 10 8 (partial)
10
19.22*

10.0.1* (partial)

5.1
char8_t P0482R6 9 7 19.22*

10.0.0*

5.1
std::is_constant_evaluated() P0595R2 9 9 19.25*

11.0.3*

5.1 19.1
constexpr try-catch blocks P1002R1 9 8 19.25*

10.0.1*

5.1
Immediate functions (consteval) P1073R3 10 (partial)*
11
19.28**
(partial)
5.1
Nested inline namespaces P1094R2 9 8 19.27*

10.0.1*

5.1
Yet another approach for constrained declarations P1141R2 10 10 19.26* (partial) 6.1
Signed integers are two's complement P1236R1 9 9 N/A

11.0.3*

N/A
constexpr dynamic_cast and polymorphic typeid P1327R1 10 9

11.0.3*

5.1
Changing the active member of a union inside constexpr P1330R0 9 9 19.10*

11.0.3*

5.1
Coroutines P0912R5 10 8 (partial) 19.25*
19.28*

10.0.1* (partial)

5.1
Parenthesized initialization of aggregates P0960R3 10 19.28* 5.1
DR: Array size deduction in new-expressions P1009R2 11 9 19.27*

11.0.3*

5.1
Modules P1103R3 8 (partial) 19.25* (partial)
19.28*

10.0.1* (partial)

Stronger Unicode requirements P1041R4
P1139R2
10 Yes 19.0* (P1041R4)
19.26* (P1139R2)
Yes N/A
<=> != == P1185R2 10 10 19.22* 5.1
DR: Explicitly defaulted functions with different exception specifications P1286R2 10 9

11.0.3*

5.1
Lambda capture and storage class specifiers of structured bindings P1091R3
P1381R1
10 8 (partial) 19.11*(P1381R1)
19.24*(P1091R3)

10.0.1* (partial)

5.1
Permit conversions to arrays of unknown bound P0388R4 10 19.27* 6.0
constexpr container operations P0784R7 10 10 6.0
Deprecating some uses of volatile P1152R4 10 10 19.27* 6.0
constinit P1143R2 10 10 6.1
Deprecate comma operator in subscripts P1161R3 10 9 19.25*

11.0.3*

6.0
[[nodiscard]] with message P1301R4 10 9 19.25*

11.0.3*

6.0
Trivial default initialization in constexpr functions P1331R2 10 10 19.27* 6.1
Unevaluated asm-declaration in constexpr functions P1668R1 10 10 6.1
using enum P1099R5 19.24*
Synthesizing three-way comparison for specified comparison category P1186R3 10 19.24* 6.0
DR: [[nodiscard]] for constructors P1771R1 10 9 19.24*

11.0.3*

6.0
Class template argument deduction for alias templates P1814R0 10 19.27*
Class template argument deduction for aggregates P1816R0
P2082R1
10(P1816R0)
11(P2082R1)
19.27*(P1816R0)
DR: Implicit move for more local objects and rvalue references P1825R0 11* 19.24* 6.0
Allow defaulting comparisons by value P1946R0 10 10 19.25* 6.1
Remove std::weak_equality and std::strong_equality P1959R0 10 10 19.25* 6.1
Inconsistencies with non-type template parameters P1907R1 9 19.26*
DR: Pseudo-destructors end object lifetimes P0593R6 11 11 N/A
DR: Converting from T* to bool should be considered narrowing P1957R2 10*
11*
19.27* 6.1
C++20 feature
 
Paper(s)
 
GCC
Clang
MSVC
Apple Clang
EDG eccp
Intel C++
IBM XLC++
Sun/Oracle C++
Embarcadero C++ Builder
Cray
Portland Group (PGI)
Nvidia nvcc

C++20 library features

C++20 feature
 
Paper(s)
 
GCC libstdc++
Clang libc++
MSVC
Standard Library
Apple Clang
Sun/Oracle C++
Standard Library
Embarcadero C++ Builder
Standard Library
Cray C++
Standard Library
std::endian P0463R1 8 7 19.22*

10.0.0*

Extending std::make_shared() to support arrays P0674R1 19.27*
Floating point atomic P0020R6 10 19.22*
Synchronized buffered ostream P0053R7
constexpr for <algorithm> and <utility> P0202R3 10 8 (partial) 19.26*

10.0.1* (partial)

More constexpr for <complex> P0415R1 9 7 (partial) 19.27*

10.0.0* (partial)

Make std::memory_order a scoped enumeration P0439R0 9 9 19.25*

11.0.3*

String prefix and suffix checking P0457R2 9 6 19.21*

10.0.0*

Library support for operator<=> <compare> P0768R1 10 7 (partial)
At least 12*
19.20* (partial)

10.0.0* (partial)

std::remove_cvref P0550R2 9 6 19.20*

10.0.0*

[[nodiscard]] in the standard library P0600R1 9 7 (partial) 19.13* (partial)
19.22*

10.0.0* (partial)

Using std::move in numeric algorithms P0616R0 9 19.23*
Utility to convert a pointer to a raw pointer P0653R2 8 6 19.22* Yes
Atomic std::shared_ptr and std::weak_ptr P0718R2 19.27*
std::span P0122R7 10 7 19.26*

10.0.0*

Calendar and timezone P0355R7 7 (partial)

10.0.0* (partial)

<version> P0754R2 9 7 19.22*

10.0.0*

Comparing unordered containers P0809R0 16.0*
ConstexprIterator requirements P0858R0 9 19.11*
std::basic_string::reserve() should not shrink P0966R1 11 8 19.25*

10.0.1*

Atomic Compare-And-Exchange With Padding Bits P0528R3 19.28*
std::atomic_ref P0019R8 10 19.28*
contains() member function of associative containers P0458R2 9 9 19.21*

11.0.3*

DR: Guaranteed copy elision for piecewise construction P0475R1 9
std::bit_cast() P0476R2 19.27*
Integral power-of-2 operations P0556R3 P1956R1 9 (P0556R3)
10 (P1956R1)
9 (P0556R3) 19.25* (P0556R3)*
19.27* (P1956R1)*
19.28*
Improving the return value of erase-like algorithms P0646R1 9 10 19.21*
std::destroying_delete P0722R3 9 9 19.27*

11.0.3*

std::is_nothrow_convertible P0758R1 9 9 19.23*

11.0.3*

Add shift to <algorithm> P0769R2 10 19.21*
Constexpr for std::swap() and swap related functions P0879R0 10 19.26*
std::type_identity P0887R1 9 8 19.21*

10.0.1*

Concepts library P0898R3 10 19.23*
constexpr comparison operators for std::array P1023R0 10 8 19.27*

10.0.1*

std::unwrap_ref_decay and std::unwrap_reference P0318R1 9 8 19.21*

10.0.1*

std::bind_front() P0356R5 9 19.25*
std::reference_wrapper for incomplete types P0357R3 9 8 19.26*

10.0.1*

Fixing operator>>(basic_istream&, CharT*) P0487R1 11 8 19.23*

10.0.1*

Library support for char8_t P0482R6 9 19.22*
Utility functions to implement uses-allocator construction P0591R4 9
DR: std::variant and std::optional should propagate copy/move triviality P0602R4 8.3 8 19.11*

10.0.1*

A sane std::variant converting constructor P0608R3 10 9

11.0.3*

std::function's move constructor should be noexcept P0771R1 7.2 6 19.22* Yes
The One Ranges Proposal P0896R4 10
Heterogeneous lookup for unordered containers P0919R3 P1690R1 19.23* (P0919R3)
19.25* (P1690R1)
<chrono> zero(), min(), and max() should be noexcept P0972R0 9 8 19.14*

10.0.1*

constexpr in std::pointer_traits P1006R1 9 8 19.26*

10.0.1*

std::assume_aligned() P1007R3 9*
11
19.29*
Smart pointer creation with default initialization P1020R1
P1973R1
Misc constexpr bits P1032R1 10 19.28*
Remove comparison operators of std::span P1085R2 10 8 19.26*

10.0.1*

Make stateful allocator propagation more consistent for operator+(basic_string) P1165R1 10 19.26*
Consistent container erasure P1209R0 P1115R3 9 (P1209R0)
10 (P1115R3)
8 (P1209R0)
11 (P1115R3)
19.25* (P1209R0)
19.27* (P1115R3)

10.0.1* (P1209R0)

polymorphic_allocator<> as a vocabulary type P0339R6 9 19.29*
std::execution::unseq P1001R2 9 19.28*
std::lerp() and std::midpoint() P0811R3 9 9 19.23* (partial)
19.28*

11.0.3*

Usability enhancements for std::span P1024R3 10 9 19.26*

11.0.3*

DR: Make create_directory() Intuitive P1164R1 8.3 19.20*
std::ssize() and unsigned extent for std::span P1227R2 10 9 19.25*

11.0.3*

Traits for (un)bounded arrays P1357R1 9 9 19.25*

11.0.3*

std::to_array() P0325R4 10 10 19.25*
Efficient access to std::basic_stringbuf’s Buffer P0408R7
Layout-compatibility and pointer-interconvertibility traits P0466R5 19.27*
Bit operations P0553R4 9 9 19.25**
19.28*

11.0.3*

Mathematical constants P0631R8 10 11 19.25*
Text formatting P0645R10
std::stop_token and std::jthread P0660R10 10 19.29*
constexpr std::allocator and related utilities P0784R7 10 12
constexpr std::string P0980R1
constexpr std::vector P1004R2
Input range adaptors P1035R7 10
constexpr std::invoke() and related utilities P1065R2 10 19.28*
Atomic waiting and notifying, std::counting_semaphore, std::latch and std::barrier P1135R6 19.28*
std::source_location P1208R6 7 (TS only)
Adding <=> to the standard library P1614R2 10
constexpr default constructor of std::atomic and std::atomic_flag P0883R2 10 19.26*
constexpr for numeric algorithms P1645R1 10 19.26*
Safe integral comparisons P0586R2 10 19.27*
C++20 feature
 
Paper(s)
 
GCC libstdc++
Clang libc++
MSVC
Standard Library
Apple Clang
Sun/Oracle C++
Standard Library
Embarcadero C++ Builder
Standard Library
Cray C++
Standard Library

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