Re: [gil] Phasing out support C++11 and switching to C++17

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-10-26 14:52:51

On 10/26/20 2:37 AM, Mateusz Loskot via Boost wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We're discussing [1] to start switching GIL to C++17
> in the near future and, following Peter Dimov's policy
> on phasing out C++XY support [2], we'd like to:
> 
> 1. Declare C++11 support deprecated in 1.75 (December 2020)
> 2. Drop C++11 support in 1.77 (?)  (August 2021)
> 
> Could anyone help us validate and confirm that
> it's a good plan or are we overlooking any policies
> from Boost's release perspective?
> 
> [1] https://lists.boost.org/boost-gil/2020/10/0465.php
> [2] https://pdimov.github.io/articles/phasing_out_cxx03.html
> 
> Best regards,
> 

Just out of curiosity, what new features and/or benefits (if any) will 
moving to conformance with C++17 add?

Robert Ramey