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

[Daniel Morissette]

On 2017-09-06 12:14 PM, Kurt Schwehr 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
> 
> -Kurt
> 


+0

It's not clear to me that the benefits of the C++11 requirement justify 
the potential trouble for those who have to support platforms with older 
compilers. I do care about portability, it was one of the founding 
principles of the project 20 years ago and I do not think that "stick to 
GDAL 2.2" is an acceptable answer to the portability question. The fact 
that other SDKs or apps may have the C++11 requirement is also not a 
justification in my mind either for a core piece as important as GDAL.

That being said, I don't think I will be directly affected by the 
change, and there seem to be enough contributors who are keen on dealing 
with this that I do not need to worry about the problems and should not 
block progress.

Daniel
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