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C++ could try to approach the "stability without stagnation" model. Add an opt-in compiler flag --edition='26' which, when used, applies the breaking chang

by j1elo 10mo ago

C++ could try to approach the "stability without stagnation" model. Add an opt-in compiler flag --edition='26' which, when used, applies the breaking changes defined for C++26. Then users like Google or others who have been (ab)using some features for their side effects can decide to stay on the older versions.

pjmlp 10mo ago
It already exists, --std=c++26.
- j1elo 10mo ago
  No, --std=c++26 does not break apart with the bad decisions of the past, by introducing breaking changes, which is the idea. A mechanism that could allow shipping the nodiscard attribute for map::oprator[].