https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Programming Languages feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/04/cpp-26-reflection-safety-async/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Programming+Languages <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/04/cpp-26-reflection-safety-async/en/headerimage/cpp-26-feature-complete-1776436863495.jpeg"/><p>The C++26 standard draft is now complete, reports Herb Sutter, long-time C++ expert and former chair of the ISO C++ standards committee. The finalized draft introduces reflection, enhances memory safety without requiring code rewrites, adds contracts with preconditions and postconditions alongside a new assertion statement, and establishes a unified framework for concurrency and parallelism.</p> <i>By Sergio De Simone</i> C++26 System Programming Programming Languages Development news Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/04/cpp-26-reflection-safety-async/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Programming+Languages Sergio De Simone 2026-04-17T15:00:00Z /news/2026/04/cpp-26-reflection-safety-async/en