[dragochat]

exactly, you can't standardize on a solution before any good one exists in the first place

[Kranar]

Tell that to the C++ Standard Committee. They have no problem standardizing things that don't even exist and may even be impossible to implement.

[const_cast]

Most additions to the standard library have been existing implementations found in boost. But yes, they have a tendency to go a little too theoretical. C++ standard targets a virtual machine and all that. Modules in particular was a hot mess.