[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #61800] possible code simplification with c++17 std::variant

[Markus Mützel]

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #61800 (project octave):

jwe added another feature that requires C++17 that can be enabled with a
configure switch in Octave 7.

Maintaining two versions of the same code for such a basic element of Octave
as "octave_value" doesn't get me very excited, tbh.

Maybe, we could announce in the NEWS of Octave 7 that Octave will require
C++17 in a future version (maybe Octave 9).
That could open the door for adopting that C++ version in core Octave while
giving package developers some time to potentially adapt their code.

@jwe and others: Thoughts about this?

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