[MINIFICPP-1425] Upgrade compilers on Windows, CentOS 7, debian, ubuntu

• Type: Epic
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.11.0
• Labels: MiNiFi-CPP-Hygiene
• Epic Name: Upgrade to latest possible C++
• Assignee: Marton Szasz
• Reporter: Marton Szasz
• Created: 10/Dec/20 16:06
• Updated: 02/Aug/21 12:47
• Resolved: 02/Aug/21 12:47

Description

The codebase has many workaround due to the lack of the latest language features. The goal of this is to lay out a plan to upgrade to the latest possible compiler on a set of target OSes, that is:

• Windows: latest MSVC
• CentOS 7: devtoolset-8/GCC 8.2?
• debian 10 Buster: default and latest available: GCC 8.3
• ubuntu 18.04 LTS: default: GCC 7.4, latest available: GCC 8.4 from gcc-8

This allows the project to accelerate development using C++17 features (and partial C++20).

Issue Links

• blocks: MINIFICPP-1289 Add range-v3