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Hello,
I have recently built live555 from the latest version and was greeted with a
compilation error, namely:
BasicTaskScheduler.cpp:191:40: error: 'struct std::atomic_flag' has no member
named 'test'
This happens because that member test of std::atomic_flag has only been added
with C++20. That is a bit unfortunate, since there are projects out there that
use an older standard and updating is not always trivial, especially when cross
compiling is involved. Of course this issue can be quickly resolved by building
live555 with NO_STD_LIB defined, but I think a more "automatic" solution would
be nice.
Ideally that whole atomic logic would be implemented simply without using C++20
exclusive features. But if this is not possible, then maybe we could at least
check for the version. So something like
#ifndef NO_STD_LIB && __cplusplus >= 202002L
//code using std::atomic_flag
#else
//the old logic
#endif
Maybe there could even be a warning/info during configuration/build informing
the user that their C++ version is too low, something like "your C++ version is
x, so you will only get the old, potentially buggy logic, please consider
updating to C++20".
Thanks and regards
Jay
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