C++/library requirements for Plasma 5.26

[Nicolas Fella]

On 07/07/2022 19:24, Ivan Čukić wrote:
>> You might very well not be reading this correctly, as it's phrased very
>> ambiguously:
> Very likely. It is just that the ambiguous wording with the conclusion
> didn't give me the confidence of the quality of implementation.
>
>> However, C++20 also brought dozens of smaller language and library
>> improvements that have been working just fine in both Clang and GCC even
> Yes, many library features C++20 brought are nice gems. :)
>
>> Ok, building and possibly also *testing* ;-)
> Tests for async things are usually not that good/exhaustive even
> for normal code that doesn't deal with experimental compiler
> features.
>
> If we go for coroutines, I'd just advise a slower and well-planned
> adoption then - use it in a smaller, but often used part, and then
> go from there. (I hate advocating slow adoption of something this
> cool, but... :) )

We have some experience using coroutines in Plasma Mobile apps, and I
don't remember obvious problems. But granted, most of the time those
apps are built with gcc, not clang.

> Cheers,
> Ivan
>