How will this affect the matrix of specific C++ features we can use? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Using_CXX_in_Mozilla_code
(At the moment I'm dying for generic lambdas, which are C++14. I'd been using std::function as a workaround, but I also need control over the allocation policy, which std::function no longer offers.) On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 2:48 PM, David Major <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm planning to move production Windows builds to VS2017 (15.4.1) in bug > 1408789. > > VS2017 has optimizer improvements that produce faster code. I've seen 3-6% > improvement on Speedometer. There is also increased support for C++14 and > C++17 language features: > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/visual-cpp-language-conformance > > These days we tend not to support older VS for too long, so after some > transition period you can probably expect that VS2017 will be required to > build locally, ifdefs can be removed, etc. VS2017 Community Edition is a > free download and it can coexist with previous compilers. Installation > instructions are at: > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_ > guide/Build_Instructions/Windows_Prerequisites#Visual_Studio_2017 > > If you have concerns, please talk to me or visit the bug. Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
