Re: C++11 now default?

[John W. Eaton]

On 02/22/2016 04:15 PM, Mike Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 16:04:50 -0500, John W. Eaton wrote:
> > I'm beginning to think we should make the c++11 test optional using
> > something like --enable-c++11 and have it disabled by default.
>
> As long as this would not prevent it from being enabled by default with
> gcc 6. With gcc 6, the options -std=gnu11 and -std=gnu++14 are enabled
> by default. I would think Octave should not set or do anything to undo
> that.

Right, I was thinking of only adding these kinds of options if 
requested, but not trying to disable them if they are the default 
behavior (without requiring special options).

But then we still have to figure out how to make Octave build properly 
for the old and new standards.

jwe