General links to about using C++11

There have been a few links discussing mixing C++11 with Qt, and starting with Qt 5.6 C++11 support will be default. Note: as would be expected from those interested in hot new technology, the writers of most of these links demonstrate Silicon Valley levels of extreme optimism. Take this with a grain of salt: there is no such thing as a free lunch.

Particular Features

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Type Inference (auto)

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Range-based for loop

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General Initializer Lists

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Lambdas

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constexpr

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<algorithm>

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enum class

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nullptr

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Deleted and default class members

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unique_ptr

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Performance-related (rvalues)

http://thbecker.net/articles/rvalue_references/section_01.html

Move Constructors

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Reference Qualifiers

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C++11 features mostly for template programming

Krita makes very light use of templates. These features are useful, coming across them in the code base will add complexity for new learners, and have not been necessary so far.

decltype
static_assert
std::function and std::bind
variadic templates

Other C++11 features that probably cannot be used

Threads (Qt/KDE use an incompatible threading model)
shared_ptr and weak_ptr (Relies on C++ threading model; use KisSharedPointer)
New literal types (already have QString)
Extended Unions (already have QVariant)