On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Mike Stump <mikest...@comcast.net> wrote: > On Oct 21, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Jason Merrill wrote: >> On 10/21/2011 03:11 PM, Marc Glisse wrote: >>> Note that at least clang now defines __cplusplus to its new C++11 value >>> (in experimental C++0X mode only). Apparently they switched around last >>> June and say they are not the only ones. So if you want to follow their >>> lead... >> >> Hmm, between that and the fact that 4.7 will in fact have almost all of the >> C++11 features, I think changing the value makes sense. > > Is there a plan on what the default language will be? C is stuck in 1980, > and will be forever. Personally, I'd rather have g++ move up language > standards by default, I'd rather make the move before 2023.
I would like to see the default change too. But for GCC-4.8 -- so that should take care of Mike's worry :-) Do we have a formal way to announce default change in upcoming release? I think that would give enough "heads up", especially since C++11 with break ABI compatibilty.
