[Development] QThread::create mandatory in Qt 6?

[Thiago Macieira]

On Sunday, 15 November 2020 08:29:56 PST Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > * whether there is any chance to get a fix or workaround in the near
> > future
> > (or even right now), either in the form of an upgrade to the vendor
> > compiler or in the form of a third-party compiler (e.g., GCC or Clang,
> > which both support many platforms).
> 
> Probably no chance.

Sorry, by that I meant to say "no chance of getting a fix in", since it 
depends on fixing the Microsoft STL and I don't expect they're very 
interested. Their first and foremost priority is the VC++ compiler.

But the second part of your proposal is easy: use either cl or gcc or clang 
(with either libstdc++ or libc++), two combinations of which are supported by 
Qt on Windows and I wouldn't be surprised if the rest using those compilers 
also worked.

✓ VC++ with MS STL 	(officially supported)
✓ gcc with libstdc++ 	(officially supported)
❓ gcc with libc++ 	(likely works)
❓ clang with libstdc++	(likely there are people using)
❓ clang with libc++ 	(likely works)
✗ clang-cl with MS STL  (currently broken)
❓❓ clang-cl with libc++	(no clue)

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  Software Architect - Intel DPG Cloud Engineering