[gdal-dev] RFC68: C++11 compilation mode - Call for vote on adoption

[Mateusz Loskot]

On 6 September 2017 at 18:58, Andrew Bell <andrew.bell.ia at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Kurt Schwehr <schwehr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Now that Tamas has added the msvc2015/2-17SDK's, I'd like to call a vote
>> by the PSC on RFC68: C++11 compilation mode.
>>
>> The draft is here:
>>
>>  https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/rfc68_cplusplus11
>
>
> I'm late to the party, but I guess I don't understand a few things in the
> RFC.
>
> In Plan:  If c++11 mode is enabled, won't ALL code need to be C++11
> compliant, rather than just new code?

Any existing code which does not compile as C++11 will have to be updated.

C++11 for new code means, we are now allowed to use C++11 features
(eg. you can write range-based loops now).

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net