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Re: [PATCH 1/3] Introduce gdb::unique_ptr
On 10/12/2016 12:04 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc: brobecker@adacore.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org,
>> jan.kratochvil@redhat.com, simon.marchi@ericsson.com
>> From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
>> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:11:50 +0100
>>
>>> . Should we start using C++11 features in GDB?
>>
>> I would hope that no one would suggest that we shouldn't use
>> C++11 features just because they like C++03 better than C++11.
>> That would make no sense.
>
> It would make perfect sense if we decide to require a version of GCC
> older than 4.8.1 as a prerequisite for building GDB.
I can't see how that is a reply to what I said. I said _liking_ C++11
better over C++03. As in: "I'm just not going to use
C++11 features, because I hate C++11, but C++03 is perfectly
fine". I wouldn't find such position reasonable.
Thanks,
Pedro Alves