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Re: Adding c++11 support to USE_LANGUAGES



On Mon, May 01, 2017 at 09:42:08PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Perhaps related, how does this all relate to the notoin of having a
> compiler version set, and failing if newer is needed, vs. changing
> versions on the fly per package?  Is this what you are intending to punt
> on, so that:

Changing the C++ compiler on the fly is utter madness. E.g. in the case
of GCC switching between pre-5.1 and post-5 involves an ABI break of
libstdc++. Let's just stop with that...

Joerg


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