C++14 — The Polish

Year: 2014 · Concepts: 23 (10 core + 13 STL)

C++14 is a smaller, incremental update to C++11 that polishes rough edges, extends features, and adds convenience improvements without introducing major new paradigms.

Sections

• Core Language (10 concepts) — Generic lambdas, extended constexpr, variable templates, auto return type deduction.
• STL & Library (13 concepts) — std::make_unique, digit separators, user-defined literals, std::exchange.

Key Features

• Generic lambdas — [](auto x) { return x * 2; }
• Extended constexpr — loops and local variables in constexpr functions
• Variable templates — template<typename T> constexpr T pi = T(3.14159);
• auto return type deduction — no need to specify return type
• std::make_unique — finally available
• Digit separators — 1'000'000 for readability

Navigation

Section	Concepts	Link
Core Language	10	Browse →
STL & Library	13	Browse →