> On Jan 7, 2017, at 11:39 AM, Konstantin Tokarev <annu...@yandex.ru> wrote: > > > > 07.01.2017, 22:30, "Alex Christensen" <achristen...@apple.com>: >> We are looking into using more C++14 features in WebKit, which would require >> increasing the minimum supported compiler versions. For example, Yusuke’s >> patch in https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165093 compiles >> successfully in clang and I verified it compiles successfully in VS2017RC, >> but it does not compile successfully in the minimum supported GCC version on >> linux because of lack of support for C++14 extended constexpr (see >> https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/cpp14-language#extended-constexpr ) >> >> We are not ready to require VS2017 just yet. It hasn’t even been fully >> released. But there are many C++14 features that are not supported in >> VS2015 (see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh567368.aspx and >> https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes ) and >> we would like to use these features in WebKit. > > But how are you going to use these features before requiring VS2017? We would not be able to. This is a question about updating the GCC version after we require VS2017 which will probably be in the coming months. > >> >> Would the linux community be able to increase the minimum supported GCC >> version? >> , >> >> _______________________________________________ >> webkit-dev mailing list >> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >> https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > > > -- > Regards, > Konstantin
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