C/C++ Programmer's Guide (G06.25+)

Features and Keywords of Version 2 Native C++
HP C/C++ Programmer’s Guide for NonStop Systems—429301-008
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Features Supported in VERSION2
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A cast can be used to select one out of a set of overloaded functions when taking
the address of a function.
[13.4 Address of overloaded functions]
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Type template parameters are permitted to have default arguments.
[14.1 Template parameters]
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Function templates may have nontype template parameters.
[14.1 Template parameters]
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A reference to const volatile cannot be bound to an rvalue.
[8.5.3 References]
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Qualification conversions such as conversion from T** to T const * const *
are allowed.
[4.4 Qualification conversion]
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Digraphs are recognized.
[2.5 Alternative tokens]
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Operator keywords (and, bitand, and so on) are recognized.
[2.5 Alternative tokens]
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Static data member declarations can be used to declare member constants.
[9.4.2 (4) Static data members]
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wchar_t is recognized as a keyword and a distinct type.
[3.9.1(7) Fundamental types]
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bool is recognized.
[3.9.1(8) Fundamental types]
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RTTI (run-time type identification), including dynamic_cast and typeid
operator, is implemented.
[5.2.8 Type identification]
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Declarations in tested conditions (in if, switch, for, and while statements)
are supported.
[6.4(3) Selection statements]
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Array new and delete are implemented.
[5.3.4 New; 5.3.5 Delete; 18.4.1.2 Array forms]
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New-style casts (static_cast, reinterpret_cast, and const_cast) are
implemented.
[5.2.6 Dynamic cast; 5.2.8 Static cast; 5.2.9 Reinterpret cast; 5.2.10 Const cast]
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Definition of a nested class outside its enclosing class is allowed.
[9.7(3) Nested class declarations]
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mutable is accepted on nonstatic data member declarations.
[7.1.1 (9) Storage class specifiers]