This is great stuff Dan. The future is now! Mike
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Dan Burkert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been working on a patch to Kudu to move us to C++11. C++11 is a big > step forward, introducing features like move semantics and improved > standard libraries that should allow us to improve code cleanliness, > safety, performance, and reduce a fair amount of util code. > > The patch is currently under review > <http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/#/c/1687/>. The improvements and cleanup > that this enables will mostly come in follow-up commits. What this means > for Kudu developers is that Kudu will require a C++11 capable system > compiler (GCC 4.8 or greater on Linux). RHEL 6 will remain supported for > building from source via the Red Hat Developer Toolset > < > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolset/3/html/3.0_Release_Notes/index.html > > > as > a compile-time dependency (it can be installed through the Software > Collections > <https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-3/> project > on Centos). The goal is to land the patch onto master in a matter of days. > > The C++11 client (libkudu_client.so) will not require C++11 as a result of > this patch. Moving the client to C++11 may be desirable, but we need to > study how it affects our downstream users and integrations before flipping > the switch. > > If you have any concerns or questions let me know. I'm looking forward to > unlocking the future of the late aughts! > > - Dan >
