Moving to C++14
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Can we increase the minimum compiler requirements to having C++14 support, or are we targeting a platform where that is not possible?
Would give us e.g. std::make_unique, to finally get rid of all the explicit new still going on in the code.
All "official" targets now support C++14, so except for the theoretical case of someone else compiling for a platform with old compilers, there is nothing wrong with doing so.
Feel free to switch to C++14 if there is a good reason in your opinion.
It seems that the code in its current state is in any case no longer compatible with very old versions of GCC
(the codeconventions document claims 4.6, but builds fail with 5.0)
https://github.com/danielknobe/blobbyvolley2/runs/8284234768?check_suite_focus=true
The oldest gcc that currently appears to work is GCC-6:
https://github.com/danielknobe/blobbyvolley2/runs/8284344973?check_suite_focus=true
which I think already as full C++14 support.
Edit: Yes, g++-6 actually made -std=gnu++14 the default mode.
Update: The oldest gcc that currently appears to work is GCC-5
With minor changes we can get GCC-4 up and running. We decided to not support GCC-4 anymore.
If we want to switch to C++14 we need some good reasons. I think std::make_unique is not a game changer.