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C++ Safety State of the Union: May 2026
C++ in May 2026 has four conversations running at once: regulators (CISA, EU CRA) demanding memory-safety roadmaps; the committee fighting over how to respond (Hagenberg vote 19 profiles / 9 Safe C++ / 11 both); what actually shipped in C++26 (P2900 contracts, P3471 hardened stdlib, P2996 reflection); and what the industry actually deployed (Chrome MiraclePtr -57% UAF, Google's 0.3% perf-cost data, Apple libc++ safe-buffers). They don't talk to each other in public. This essay wires them. Pre-Brno (8-13 June) reading.
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C++26 is done -- five weeks since Croydon, here's what shipped
Five weeks ago WG21 voted C++26 to publication in Croydon. The dust has settled enough to take stock of what landed, what compiles today, and what it means for the wro.cpp reflection series.