Ah right. I have to admit I was so astounded this was omitted in C++11 (with some really dumb rationale, iirc) that I keep forgetting it wasn't.

And nope, that's not me. I go by stormbrew on freenode as well and haven't been in a C++ focused channel since the late 90s on efnet. :)

Not quite as astounding as omitting make_unique :P No matter, C++14 is going to be here very soon. Both of the open source compilers are almost there, and I've read the standard will be final once the Ts are crossed.