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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Switch to C++11 or C++14

From: Michał Łabędzki <michal.tomasz.labedzki@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 17:09:37 +0200
Just right. I assume that C++ is for UI, but in fact, it may be used
also for dissectors, etc. You have my vote for "C++ for Qt5 GUI" and
"C for the rest". I only think about C++11 together with Qt5. Qt4 was
dropped so there is an occasion to standardize what standard of C++ we
use. I use C++11 feature - list initialization [1]. My setup of
Wireshark allow that because CMake set is as "-std=gnu++11", however,
Petri-Dish fails on Ubuntu because of old "-std=gnu99". I do not know
how it works because gnu99 is c99 + gnu extensions, but it is also C,
not C++ (are there "reference&" for C?).

I think the best solution is to switch to C++11. I hope gnu++11 is not
required by Qt 5.7 or newer and this also can be changed to c++11.

[1] https://buildbot.wireshark.org/petri-dish/builders/Ubuntu%20Petri%20Dish%20x64/builds/3837/steps/compile/logs/stdio
sob., 2 cze 2018 o 15:53 Michael Mann via Wireshark-dev
<wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
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> What features of C++11 and 14 do you plan to use and where?  I know we've had the C vs C++ discussion before and I'd still vote for keeping things where they are as far as "GUI" is C++ and epan + dissectors (i.e. libwireshark) as C.  I'm a little more indifferent to the "peripherals"/tools.  Other than some "shorthand" in syntax, I don't see the necessity to "upgrade".  Are we missing out on some Qt features because of no C++ 11 support?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michał Łabędzki <michal.tomasz.labedzki@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 1, 2018 5:21 pm
> Subject: [Wireshark-dev] Switch to C++11 or C++14
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> Hello,
>
> Is there (still) a problem to switch to C++11 or C++14? Petri-Dish seems to support it for Windows, but there is old standard used for Ubuntu.
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