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

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-10-27 12:20:27

Mateusz Loskot wrote:

> We are also considering, with Samuel, a less revolutionary approach:
> deprecate specific compiler/version in case it does not support certain 
> C++11 features properly or suffers from bugs.
> For example, we may advertise dropping GCC 5 support due to issues similar 
> to this https://github.com/boostorg/gil/pull/526

If you drop GCC 5, you can make the minimum requirement C++14, as it's the 
default for GCC 6 and newer. (C++17 is default for GCC 11.)