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Re: [PATCH 1/3] Introduce gdb::unique_ptr
> Cc: markus.t.metzger@intel.com, 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 12:25:21 +0100
>
> 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".
That's a no-brainer, but if that was the only thing you were saying,
then how does it relate to the issue to which you responded,
i.e. whether we should decide to start using C++11 now? That decision
has IMO very little to do with whether we like C++03 more or not,
because if we go by that criterion alone, we should take Jan's
suggestion and switch to the latest version as soon as it is released,
right?