#SC22
Note to the #cpp standards committee members

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March 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
May 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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August 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I am not hallucinating: www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG...
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April 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
sometimes for fun i go and read papers by @jfbastien.com because they're so good and hilarious www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg...
P3477R5: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte
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March 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Alright, officially talking to ISO to get this turned from a draft into a real thing. Thanks to everyone for participating!

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July 17, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The C++ 2025-07 post-Sofia mailing is now available at www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg....

I think we had 47 motions(!) adopted. Anyway, there are 142 papers taking approximately 14MB.
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 - Papers 2025
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July 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
(Spoiler: i did in fact get proper bit instrinsics into C, and it's in a whole new stdbit.h header now: www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG...)
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May 14, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Post-Wrocław mailing is now available! Only one more before feature freeze of C++26...

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ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 - Papers 2024
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December 18, 2024 at 9:27 AM
The WG21 C++ 2025 pre-Sofia mailing is now available at www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg....

There are less than 100 papers so I'm sure you can have them all read by tonight. :-)
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May 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
glad to hear this got voted in to #cpp in Brno: www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg...
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June 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The WG21 C++ 2025-12 post-Wrocław Mailing is available at www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg.... There are 167 papers, so light holiday reading.

The 2025-01 pre-Hagenberg mailing deadline is Monday January 13th 16:00 UTC.

Happy holidays from your friendly neighborhood Admin Chair!
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 - Papers 2024
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December 18, 2024 at 1:20 AM
The Plethora of Problems With #cpp Profiles

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The Plethora of Problems With Profiles
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March 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Atenção: após muitos anos de análise e deliberação cuidadosa, os programadores C++ chegaram à conclusão de que um byte tem, de fato, 8 bits

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P3477R0: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte
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October 17, 2024 at 11:43 PM
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March 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Reflection is standardized as part of C++26:

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Reflection for C++26
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January 27, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Bjarne Stroustrup: Note to the C++ standards committee members
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#cpp
#cplusplus
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March 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
first pre-mailing for #cpp this year and... www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg...

wow this is underwhelming. we are years into profiles being the selected solution for safety, yet there's still no motion on an implementation other than "hey please someone do this"?
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February 25, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The 26 papers in the ISO C++ 2026-01 Mailing are now available at www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg....

The pre-Croydon mailing deadline is February 23rd.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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June 25, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Sorry about that. We fixed this in c2y with Named Loops:

godbolt.org/z/GWdWjnjn3

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January 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM