On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 at 15:53, Robert Ramey via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
On 10/26/20 2:37 AM, Mateusz Loskot via Boost wrote:
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
Just out of curiosity, what new features and/or benefits (if any) will moving to conformance with C++17 add?
e.g. make the library sexier for contributors who actually expressed interest in developing features for the library and who wish to use `-std=c++17` at least when they develop pull requests for the library. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net