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Is open-std.org the official website for C++11 standard documentation?

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This may sounds a dumb question but: Is the below link the official finalized c++11 standard? (or at least the latest version) n3337

It is my first time to open-std.org and I am not sure whether this is the official website for holding C++ standards.

Just double checking for sure. (The last time I referenced an unfamiliar website (cplusplus.com) was not a pleasant experience though.)

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modeller Avatar asked Jun 17 '14 16:06

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You are not alone with this problem.

Which is why not too long ago isocpp.org was created which, among other things, answers precisely this question.

Quoting from the site:

Where To Get the Current Standard

  • Purchase the official standard (US$30). You can purchase the official standard for US$30 at the ANSI Store. (Note: The standard at that link is technically identical to ISO 14882, just with a different cover page; each national body ratifies the ISO standard as its own national standard, and so this document’s cover page officially lists it as U.S. standard INCITS/ISO/IEC 14882-2012 – Programming Language C++.)
  • Download the January 2012 working draft (free). Except only for the final standards/reports, all C++ committee documents are freely publicly available, including all working drafts, many of which closely approximate the published standard. The January 2012 working draft contains the C++11 standard plus minor editorial changes.

Where To Get Working Drafts

  • Download a PDF of the current working draft (free). This is the easiest way to get the latest prebuilt PDF. However, you can also…
  • Get working drafts at GitHub (free), plus version history, diffs, and more! As of November 2011, the LaTeX source of the draft standard is being actively maintained publicly at GitHub. Check out the repo to get the current snapshot, or any previous version in the history.

Note that the links in the quote might be outdated at the time of you reading this, while the actual page on isocpp.org should always be up to date.

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ComicSansMS Avatar answered Oct 14 '22 21:10

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