C++ standard noncompliance issues with Visual C++ .NET (243451)

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In the following list, the relevant standard section is given in parentheses. Where an article link is provided, please refer to the article for more information.

• Covariant return types (10.3.5) not supported.

  240862 FIX: C2555 On virtual functions with covariant return types

• Partial ordering of template functions (14.5.5.2) not supported.

  240869 BUG: C2667 and C2668 on partial ordering of function templates

• Koenig lookup (3.4.2) not fully supported.

  242190 BUG: Full Koenig lookup works only for operators

• Template arguments must be deduced for function templates (14.8.1).

  240871 BUG: Explicitly specified template functions not overloaded correctly

• Class template partial specializations (14.5.4) not supported.

  240866 BUG: ERROR C2989 and C2988 on class template partial specializations

• Out-of-class-definition for member template classes and functions (14.5.2) not supported.

  241949 BUG: C2059 error on out-of-class definition of member templates

• Template Template-parameters (14.1) not supported.

  241940 BUG: C2954 error when using class template as template-parameter

• Export keyword for templates (14, 14.7.2, 14.7.3) not supported.

  239436 You receive a LNK2001 error message when you use the template member functions

• Function Try Block Syntax (15) not supported.

  241706 BUG: Compiler error C2143 on function-try-block syntax

• uncaught_exception() (18.6.4) not implemented.

  242192 BUG: The uncaught_exception C Run-Time function always returns false

• In place initialization static const members (9.2) not supported.

  241569 Error C2258 and error C2252 occur if you try to perform in-place initialization of static const integral member data in Visual C++

• C library functions not in standard namespace (17.3.1.2).

  243444 You receive a C2653 or C2039 error message when you try to reference a function from the STD C++ library

• Scope of variable declared in the for loop initialization (6.5.3) not as per standard.

  167748 PRB: Variable scope in for-statement extends beyond loop

• Function exception specifiers (15, 15.4) other than throw() are parsed but not used. Example:

  void f() throw(int); // parsed but not used   
  void g() throw();    // parsed and used   
  					

  
  
  
• Alternative operators like and ,and_eq, bit and etc are not implemented (2.11). But you can get the same behavior by including iso646.h