[cfe-dev] libc++ supporting older compilers

[Duncan P. N. Exon Smith via cfe-dev]

> On 2015-Dec-17, at 18:35, Marshall Clow via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> On http://libcxx.llvm.org/docs/#platform-and-compiler-support, we say:
> 
> The following minimum compiler versions are strongly recommended.
>  
> * Clang 3.5 and above
> * GCC 4.7 and above.
>  
> Anything older may work.
> 
> We're having more and more trouble supporting pre-4.7 versions of gcc, especially in C++03 mode.
> 
> Much of the early gcc support was driven by the fact that Apple was never going to move past gcc 4.2.1, and the necessity of supporting that compiler - but that ship has sailed.
> 
> I'd like to officially drop support for those compilers.
> 
> Opinions?

SGTM.