Re: C++ standards

[Hans Åberg]

> On 5 Jul 2018, at 20:02, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> What C++ standard should we be able to ask for?  I think that at the
> current point of time, C++11 should be reasonably fine for the asking.

The g++7 default, and clang++6, is C++14, but supports C++17 with the 
--std=c++17 flag.

> Should we provide some --std=c++11 option or similar at least to gcc?

If you want to ensure the right version is used.

One can also use the __cplusplus preprocessor macro.