That was a thorough comment @tfoote wrote and a good reminder of the rationale. I don't know if ROS-M will still target Ubuntu 16.04, but if not, gcc6 will be on all Ubuntu distros already ([starting with 16.10](https://packages.ubuntu.com/yakkety/gcc)) so the possibility is there. --- [Visit Topic](https://discourse.ros.org/t/c-11-std-shared-ptr-in-public-api/1990/7) or reply to this email to respond. If you do not want to receive messages from ros-users please use the unsubscribe link below. If you use the one above, you will stop all of ros-users from receiving updates. ______________________________________________________________________________ ros-users mailing list ros-users@lists.ros.org http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users Unsubscribe: