When will C++0x be finished? [closed]
Ok, this is the first question I've asked and I didn't know you couldn't answer your own question.
Answer:
March 25, 2011. :-) I'm not kidding, it's official. Well, at least as far as the committee is concerned.
Update
Aug. 12, 2011.
The C++ FDIS has officially been approved by ISO in a unanimous vote. 21 of 21 National Bodies voted to APPROVE.
Solution 1:
As Howard already said in the question, the final draft was completed on March 25, 2011.
There will now be some months of editorial changes, voting and ISO red tape before it officially becomes a standard, but on the 25th, the standards committee themselves officially signed off on it.
Sources:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/5894415f-be62-4bc0-81c5-3956e82276f3/entry/the_c_0x_standard_has_been_approved_to_ship23?lang=en
http://herbsutter.com/2011/03/25/we-have-fdis-trip-report-march-2011-c-standards-meeting/
http://twitter.com/#!/sdt_intel/status/51328822066417665
and of course, Howard Hinnant, who asked the question, is on the committee as well, so he's not making it up.
(Only posting this as a "real" answer because Howard apparently was unable to answer his own question)
Edit
And as of September 1st, 2011, C++11 has been published by ISO. It doesn't get any more official than that. We have a new standard.
Solution 2:
The Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) was available on the WG21 website, however, it has now been removed, apparently for good. Herb Sutter said in reply to an inquiry on his blog:
All C++ committee documents are public, except for membership lists and the final text of the standard. ISO rules, sorry — I did ask permission to leave the draft unprotected, but ISO prohibits sharing the final text of FCD and FDIS documents, so ISO said no because that draft is technically identical to the FDIS and differs from the final FDIS text by only the cover page.
Therefore, the publicly available document closest to the FDIS in content is the working draft from the mailing that immediately preceded the Madrid meeting, N3242.
The Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) is now available on the WG21 website:
- N3290 [10.1MB PDF]