Question

I found that initializer_list is not supported by MSVC 2012. But can it (initializer_list)
be used in VS somehow (with the help of Boost library for example). Samples if you can, please.

Answer 1

Boost::assign is as close as you get.

More specifically, assign::list_of is probably similar to the behavior you’re looking for.

// Examples from the documentation:
const list<int> primes = list_of(2)(3)(5)(7)(11);
const stack<string> names = list_of( "Mr. Foo" )( "Mr. Bar")( "Mrs. FooBar" ).to_adapter();
map<int,int> next = map_list_of(1,2)(2,3)(3,4)(4,5)(5,6);