Re: [boost] A possible date for dropping c++03 support

Subject: Re: [boost] A possible date for dropping c++03 support
From: Glen Fernandes (glen.fernandes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-08-30 17:27:15

On Thursday, August 30, 2018, Andrey Semashev wrote:

> On 08/30/18 20:05, Peter Dimov wrote:
>
>> > > - The default language level for b2 builds will be at least c++11
>>>
>>
>> That's going to be a bit complicated as we don't know in general what the
>> default should be, but in any case C++11 is very rarely it. In fact using
>> C++14 unconditionally will probably be better than trying to be clever.
>>
>
> +1. If we're going to drop C++03, we might as well require C++14 as the
> baseline.
>
>
+1. It also makes for a better sounding announcement.

Glen