How to "activate" c++11 standard in visual studio 2010?

Question

I am new to c++ programming and I need to use the Thread class in my VS 2010 project. I've found this reference, but when I try the following:

#include <thread>

VS 2010 obviously tells me 'Error: cannot open source file "thread"'. I understand that I need to "activate" c++11 standard somehow. I do not even know where to start.

So what should I do to use () c++11 standard in visual studio 2010?

Answer 1

C++11 is enabled by default, but there is not many features implemented in VS 2010. C++11 standard library is missing many headers in VS 2010. Here is a comparison of a last few VS releases regarding the C++11 support.

Answer 2

Here's what I've found by myself.

To "activate" c++11 in visual studio you need to set "Platform Toolset" in project->properties to v110 or above. So that's how visual studio will understand that it should use c++11 features.

BUT!

The Visual C++ compiler is not fully C++11 compatible. C++11 features had been supported since Visual Studio 2010 and added incrementally. Not even the next version of Visual Studio will provide full C++11 compatibility.

Marius Bancila

So it worked for <thread> (and <future>) in visual studio 2012.

As I suggest it's impossible to set Platform Toolset above v100 in vs2010, so it's impossible to "activate" c++11 in vs2010.

Conclusion: to use c++11 standart features in visual studio you will need to use 2012 and higher version which supports Platform Toolset v110 and above.

Correct me please if I'm wrong!