[ros-users] [Discourse.ros.org] [Next Generation ROS] RFC: using C++14

[Esteve]

I can't think of any reason for not switching to C++14, besides compiler support. Support for C++14 in GCC and Clang is complete, but VS2015 seems to be lacking:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh567368.aspx

In any case, VS2017 is around the corner. In the meantime, it'd might be useful to enable C++14 in VS2015 and see if anything breaks, and then start introducing new features in ROS2 (e.g. std::make_unique):

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2016/06/07/standards-version-switches-in-the-compiler/






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