On 8/26/2014 11:03 AM, Ehsan Akhgari wrote: > > I would like us to update the minimum supported MSVC version to 2012 > as soon as possible. That will give us access to the following C++ > features which are all supported on gcc 4.4 (aka our Vintage Compiler) > and MSVC starting from 2012: > > * Variadic templates > * Strongly typed enums > * Initializer lists > * The ability to use decltype for non-trivial things (MSVC2010's > decltype support is pretty buggy) > > I doubt that there is a great reason to continue to support MSVC2010. > This is fair. I'd say we keep MSVC2010 support for one cycle on trunk after we make the switch to 2013, for cautiousness (allowing us to switch back easily if we find a blocker) and to give a little lead time to other developers. After that I think supporting only VC 2012+2013 is reasonable.
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