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Still no contracts?
In line with the release process for C++ standard specifications, where standards ship every 3 years but alternate between accepting new features and feature freeze releases, C++23 was the last release that was open to new features. This would mean C++26 is a feature freeze release following the new features introduced in C++23.
Contacts have been talked about since C++11 so it's kinda sad that in 15 years they haven't managed to get them done.
That's perfectly fine. It's a standardization process. Its goal is to set in stone a specification that everyone agrees to. Everything needs to line up.
In the meantime, some compiler vendors provide their own contracts support. If you feel this is a mandatory feature, nothing prevents you from using vendor-specific implementations. For example, GCC has support for contracts since at least 2022, and it's mostly in line with the stuff discussed in the standardization meetings.