Re: Any objections to making C++14 the current baseline for Boost support and testing?

From: Alan de Freitas (alandefreitas_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-06-10 18:17:04

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> Those are nice and all, but none of them improve the public API or
> usability of a library.

I second that.

C++11 already does a good job at sending the message that we can upgrade
again cautiously at some point.

> On the other hand features like `std::pmr::memory_resource` or
> `std::variant` _do_ affect the public API of a library.
>

I would add std::string_view to this list.

Also, pmr is not available on clang, so it's hard to count on it even if
moving to C++17.
https://godbolt.org/z/11Ez7f64q