[webkit-dev] C++17 is here. Should we use it?

Michael Catanzaro mcatanzaro at igalia.com
Sat May 11 07:48:16 PDT 2019


On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 6:47 PM, Yusuke Suzuki <ysuzuki at apple.com> 
wrote:
> 1. We can use GCC 7
> 2. We can use libstdc++7
> 
> Is my understanding correct? Basically, this means that we can use 
> cool C++17 features super aggressively :)

I would say you can use cool C++ 17 features cautiously, enjoying those 
features when they work, and expecting the possibility of libstdc++7 
bugs causing them to not work.

I think our EWS bots are not yet on GCC 7, but that should be addressed 
soon.

Michael




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