New candidate JEP: 362: Deprecate the Solaris and SPARC Ports

[Baesken, Matthias]

> 
> * Adopting a newer version of the C++ standard
> 
> We’re looking at adopting a newer version of the C++ standard (C++14 or
> C++17) along with the features that come with it.  Oracle Studio does not
> support the full C++14 standard, and AFAIK does not support C++17 at all.
> 
> 

Hello, 

The  Oracle®   Developer Studio 12.6: C++   User's Guide    from 2017  says :


https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E77782_01/pdf/E77789.pdf

"Oracle Developer Studio12.6 provides full support for C++11"

"Oracle Developer Studio12.6 provides full support for the C++14 Standard"

(chapters 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 ).


So  C++14  features  should not be an issue  on Solaris .
What  C++17 features do you plan to use (this might be also interesting for  our AIX port, so it needs to be handled carefully) ?
I think we have to be very  careful with using  new features of the C++ standard , with or without  deprecating / removing  Solaris and SPARC Ports  .

( there is also the option to use gcc on Solaris but that was mentioned already so I do not want to repeat it )


Best regards, Matthias