c++ - Does C++11 add the C99 restrict specifier? If not, why not?

Question

restrict is a C99 feature which is getting a lot of attention lately by allowing the compiler to perform "previously-fortran-only" optimizations to pointers. It's also the same keyword announced by Microsoft recently to be the underpinnings of the C++AMP specification.

Is that keyword actually in the FCD? If not, is there a specific reason it was omitted?

Answer 1

The only mention of restrict in the C++11 FDIS is on §17.2 [library.c]:

The descriptions of many library functions rely on the C standard library for the signatures and semantics of those functions. In all such cases, any use of the restrict quali?er shall be omitted.

So restrict is not in C++11.