> but it doesn't open up new capabilities the way that new syntax does Taking very normal so-what code and moving it into the standard is pretty much the point

> but it doesn't open up new capabilities the way that new syntax does Taking very normal so-what code and moving it into the standard is pretty much the point. Having variant in std:: lets new code use variants without adding a boost dependency. I say that without knocking on boost. Fewer dependencies are always better.