Re: Shall we switch to C++17?

From: Christian Henning (chhenning_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-11-02 19:25:32

Hi all,

wouldn't it make more sense to use at least concepts from C++20? Since GIL
is a template heavy lib and I assume development would take some time.

Just my 2 cents.

Regards,
Christian

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 5:17 AM Mateusz Loskot <mateusz_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 21:21, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > Recently, there have been some discussions on #boost-gil
> > at cpplang.slack.com and in comments on GitHub issues
> > about switching GIL to C++17 [1]
> >
> > TL;TR: Shall we do the switch and when?
>
> After extensive discussion on Boost ML and Slack (#boost and
> #boost-gil), I'm inclined to refine the approach and take smaller step
> following Peter Dimov's suggestion [1]:
>
> 1. In Boost 1.75 we will announce that Boost.GIL will soon
>     drop GCC 5 support and require C++14
> 2. In the next release(s) we will include Samuel's fixes (e.g. [2])
>    and start requiring C++14.
>
> If you have any concerns or objections, please speak up soon!
>
> [1] https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2020/10/250222.php
> [2] https://github.com/boostorg/gil/pull/526#issuecomment-718007963
>
> Best regards,
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