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Comment by pjmlp

2 days ago

I can write C++98 or C++11 code that will fail in a C++23 compiler, because C++ also isn't 100% backwards compatible.

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justcuriousab  2 days ago

But the changes required are generally significantly smaller and less frequent, right?

  • pjmlp  2 days ago

    If the build breaks when changing the value of -std= (or equivalent), it hardly matters how big it is.

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