Use std::initializer_list in Visual C++ Compiler November 2012 CTP

Question

I want to use std::initializer_lists in Visual Studio 2012 like a guy in this example does. My operating system is Windows 8 x64.

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Answer 1

As you have noticed, the November CTP is very limited in usability for at least two reasons:

1. The compiler has numerous crash-causing bugs, such as the one you discovered.

2. The C++ Standard Library was not updated with the compiler, leaving you without decent and (this includes the omission of the braced init list constructors for all standard containers)

Also: the linked example is very ugly code. If you want to use this feature, use a compiler like GCC or Clang that supports this syntax. They are both available for Windows. Hacking around a half-implemented language feature by writing extra code is just stupid.