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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/14/2016 2:51 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> For what it's worth...
> 
> https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/cxx0x_status.html
> 
> As of GCC 4.8.1, C++11 is pretty much fully supported. They use the term 
> "experimental", but they do list everything and say "yes" to almost 
> everything. Is there some compatibility issue I'm missing here? It looks 
> to me like we can build C++11 on /all/ our supported platforms now.

"Pretty much fully supported" doe not instill me with a lot of
confidence. :)

> 
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 01:35:36AM +0000, Jon Neal wrote:
>> Just read this the other day and figured it would be good to discuss before
>> it happens.
>>
>> GCC is going to be defaulting to C++14 for compiler flags when GCC 6 is
>> released in ~6 months. I browsed the CMakeLists.txt in the root directory
>> and didn't see anything about setting a standard. Nowish would be a good
>> time to pick a C++ standard and put it in there.
>>
>> I know Wayne has mentioned in the recent past the wish to not switch to
>> C++11 yet[1] which I understand. FWIW when the next Ubuntu LTS is released
>> in 3 months the gcc provided will have C++11 out of experimental. Just food
>> for thought.
>>
>> Jon
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