Hi all, I think it's to time to consider moving from C++11 to C++14 (at least the C++14 features our compilers support). C++14 offers some useful improvements over C++11, like:
* std::make_unique() * standard literal suffixes for std::chrono (e.g. auto delay = 10ms;) * std::shared_timed_mutex (aka RW mutex) * generic lambdas * lambda capture initializers (which, importantly, allow moving values into lambdas) Moving to C++14 means that we will not be able to build Mir on a pristine Ubuntu LTS 14.04 system. Note that, even now, Mir cannot be fully built on the LTS because of changes in the Android interfaces. As things currently stand, I believe that dropping support for 14.04 builds in order to allow C++14 is a worthy trade-off. In addition, not supporting 14.04 builds means that we will be able to use all the new features of other libraries we depend on, e.g. gmock/gtest. It's also worth noting that our packages depend on g++-4.9 (which supports the C++14 features we want). I have published an MP introducing C++14 into our codebase: https://code.launchpad.net/~afrantzis/mir/introduce-c++14/+merge/249988 Let me know what you think. Thanks, Alexandros -- Mir-devel mailing list Mir-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/mir-devel
