Re: [C++ Patch] Add __GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX1Y__

[Paolo Carlini <paolo dot carlini at oracle dot com>]

Hi,

On 04/24/2013 06:55 PM, Jason Merrill wrote:
> On 04/24/2013 12:48 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com> 
> > wrote:
> > > I would really rather avoid introducing another macro to be removed 
> > > again
> > > later.  Instead, let's use a value of __cplusplus greater than 201103L,
> > > perhaps 201300?
> >
> > yes, that makes sense, and even a better path forward.
> > Hopefully, the next committee draft will have that value.
>
> We won't have a value for the next standard until we have a next 
> standard, so let's just invent a value for now; presumably people will 
> know better than to check for that invented value specifically.
This "invention" scared me, that's why I didn't even propose it. Anyway, 
for the time being I'm going to simply revert what I committed earlier 
today. It would be great if somebody can implement the __cplusplus 
change as soon as possible.

Thanks!
Paolo.