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P3471R4 Standard Library Hardening

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Description

WG21-P3471R4 Standard Library Hardening
WG21-P3697R1 Minor Additions To Standard Library Hardening
WG21-P3878R1 Standard Library Hardening Should Not Use The 'Observe' Semantic

Feature-test macros (note that they're a mix of 202502L and 202506L):

#define __cpp_lib_hardened_array             202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_basic_stacktrace  202506L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_basic_string      202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_basic_string_view 202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_bitset            202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_common_iterator   202506L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_counted_iterator  202506L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_deque             202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_expected          202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_forward_list      202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_inplace_vector    202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_list              202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_mdspan            202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_optional          202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_shared_ptr_array  202506L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_span              202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_valarray          202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_vector            202502L
#define __cpp_lib_hardened_view_interface    202506L
  • This has been substantially implemented by #5274 and #5650, but R4 was specified to use contracts, so this feature is blocked by #5286.

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Research direction

Start by reading the contracts work in #5286, then review the substantially implemented portions in #5274 and #5650. Use the listed hardened feature-test macros and the WG21 proposals as the scope; completion depends on implementing the contracts-based C++26 feature, but the issue notes that pull requests are not currently being accepted.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
15/100

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