[Development] Removing the -c++11 option from configure

[Thiago Macieira]

On Tuesday 24 March 2015 19:20:35 René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> On Tuesday March 24 2015 13:38:54 Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> > Thiago is proposing Option 2. In particular, the emphasized drawback;
> > what is being removed is the ability to *prevent* Qt from enabling C++11
> > / C++14 mode if the compiler supports such a mode. It does *not* mean
> > that Qt as a whole will require C++14. I think where the confusion is
> 
> ...
> 
> > Hopefully that helps clear things up...
> 
> It does for me.
> 
> I have no idea if there's a reason not to build in C++1n mode if the
> compiler supports it, but if there is (ABI compatibility?), one could
> simply have a single switch to deactivate that. I agree there's no use in
> adding additional switches, of course.

There are no ABI compatibility issues because we disallow any code that would 
introduce such issues.

That's why all move constructors and assignment operators, ref-qualified 
members need to be inline, for example.
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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center