[LLVMdev] [cfe-dev] RFC: A proposal to move toward using C++11 features in LLVM & Clang / bounding support for old host compilers

Tim Northover t.p.northover at gmail.com
Mon Nov 11 18:32:17 PST 2013


> I think that if we are committed to supporting gcc 4.7.x in LLVM, then
> we need to be prepared to not use c++11 features that may be broken in
> earlier 4.7.x releases.

We've got precedent for "broken compilers" documentation. Dodgy
versions of 4.7.x could easily come under that heading (depending on
how widely deployed they actually are: only time will tell).

Tim.



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