35 ms·
Yep. I wish backwards compatibility were less religious concept in C++. Just use old tooling if you need to compile your rats' nest of old code.
by hoseja 7y ago
Yep. I wish backwards compatibility were less religious concept in C++. Just use old tooling if you need to compile your rats' nest of old code.
- de_watcher 7y agoIt's a nightmare to go between toolings and remember all their quirks.
- wyldfire 7y agoThe new language standards do forfeit elements of backwards compatibility. And newer compilers use newer language standards by default. It's true that there is a great deal of hand-wringing over backwards compatibility when new C++ features are discussed, though.
- ilaksh 7y agoGCC 9 defaults to a warning for no return which is undefined behavior.