I checked the README and the CHANGELIST and didn’t seem to find anything mentioning it, so I’ll ask here, does JUCE support C++17?
Also, any Xcode users: do the latest versions of Xcode even support C++17? I seem to be getting various responses when searching for this via searches and whatnot.
The “Use latest” option for the C++ Language Standard in the Projucer seems to allow using C++17 features with the latest Visual Studio 2017 and XCode 9.2.
JUCE itself neither prevents the use of nor requires C++17. Is there some particular feature of C++17 you are interested in using?
I saw some cppcon 17 presentations, I think thinks like if constexpr and fold expressions will simplify lots of code, and things like string_view in the library will also limit the amount of memory allocations.
Uhm, watching the presentation given by Timur at the ADC '17 regarding C++17, he states that the compiler will not even try to compile the branch that is not taken, so to me it looks like you could replace #define MACROS with constexpr, and #if and #ifdef with if constexpr.
I’d like to know your interpretation too, the video is linked below,
the part regarding if constexpr starts at 13:00
and the statement about the compiler ignoring the branch that is not taken is at 14:40:
It would be cool if @timur could take the time to comment on this .
Gives the best description of the topic I could find… it still uses the preprocessor #if/#else… but it shows how it can be coupled with if constexpr to make the code simpler to read.