I work for corporation that is pretty pragmatic about these things. We like to use the newest toys that modern c++ gives us, but since we need to support older versions of macOS, we are limited by what we can use for the lowest supported deployment target.
Given that: Until very recently we used c++17, but with a set of standard library features that was off-limits. Examples of these are things like std::variant (because std::bad_variant_access requires 10.14), std::filesystem (requires 10.15 for std::filesystem_error). We've recently started using c++20, which works fine for all the language features - even if not all the library features are supported. In short: What I tihnk is relevant is is which library features you depend on. Compilers are easily updated, without much risk, but if you depend on library features with a compiled component, you'd need to be aware of which OS-version supports it. macOS is usually the lowest common denominator in this. On Sun, 2022-07-24 at 10:09 -0700, Vinnie Falco via Boost-users wrote: > I'm considering bumping up the C++ language requirement for Boost.URL > from C++11 to C++14. I have concerns about doing this, because it > affects all my downstream libraries (HTTP.Proto, HTTP.IO, > Websocket.Proto, Websocket.IO, and any examples or complete > clients/servers that I write). > > My main fear is that there are still a considerable number of > individuals or corporations who, for whatever reason, cannot build > with -std=c++14 or later despite having access to newer compilers. I > don't mind if there is a small percentage of loss but I do mind if > 20% > or more of potential users will be locked out. > > The questions are: > > 1. Would you or your company be prevented from using Boost.URL if it > required C++14? > > 2. Do you know any other organizations who cannot use C++14 or later? > > 3. Do you know of any regional or global metrics on who _cannot_ use > libraries which require C++14? > > See also, this reddit thread on r/cpp: > > <https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/w6zuo5/c11_or_require_c14/> > _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users
