Seeking References To MSVC 9.0's C++ Standards Compliance

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Seeking References To MSVC 9.0's C++ Standards Compliance

I "know" (hopefully) that MSVC 9.0 Implements C++ 2003 (ISO/IEC 14882:2003). I am looking for a reference to this fact, and I am also looking for any research that has been done in to how compliant MSVC 9.0 is with that version of the Standard.

I have searched for and not been able to find a specific reference from MicroSoft that actually says something to the effect that MSVC implements C++ 2003. Some of the out-of-date documentation says things like "this release achieves roughly 98% compliance" (when referring to MSVC .NET 2003's conformance to C++ 1997). But I want a link to a document from MS that says "MSVC 9.0 implements blah," and another link to an independent group that has tested the conformance of MSVC 9.0.

Do you know of any such links?

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Nonstandard Behavior . Short summary

Compiler Limits
10.3 (Paragraph 5) Covariant Return Types
14 export Keyword on a Template
14.6.2 Dependent Names
15.4 Function Exception Specifiers
16.3.2 The # Operator
21.1.1 Character Traits Requirements
Storage Location of Objects

Johannes Schaub - litb 2010-05-26 15:55:47

Based on the URL, these appear to apply to VS 8.0, not 9.0. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x84h5b78%28v=VS.90%29.aspx instead. I'm not sure there's any difference between the two, but this is is what's supposed to apply to 9.0...

Jerry Coffin 2010-05-26 16:02:31

@litb: Thanks, I did see this, but it doesn't specifically state what I'm looking for. I can deduce from this that MSVC implements C++ 2003, but I don't want to deduce. Moreover, in the section above this page (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2tb15w2z(v=VS.80).aspx) the only reference is to MSVC 7, not MSVC 9

John Dibling 2010-05-26 16:04:03

+1 because it does help evaluate conformance efficacy

John Dibling 2010-05-26 16:05:29

BTW, I found you could tweak the URL to refer to MSVC 9.0. Don't know if this is correct behavior for the site, but here's the tweaked link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x84h5b78(v=VS.90).aspx

John Dibling 2010-05-26 16:07:08

@John, ah thanks. Yes it seems they still admin that page. The VS8 page had some weird characters in it that the VS9 page removed. So i suspect the VS9 page is accurate. Incorporated the new URL.

Johannes Schaub - litb 2010-05-26 16:10:12

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