I think the requirement on 4.6.1 is a mistake actually, we have been
saying 4.6.3 for a long while.

As far as upgrading, it would be a dream if we could pop that up a minor
version or two :)  I am currently running into another G++ defect that
is preventing booleans from being loaded properly.

On Thu, 2015-03-19 at 13:12 -0700, Othman, Ossama wrote:
> Jon, Thiago, Pat, Erich,
> 
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Thiago Macieira
> <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:
>         On Wednesday 11 March 2015 20:45:05 Lankswert, Patrick wrote:
>         > Ossama,
>         >
>         > Regarding designated initializers; simply ?yes?.
>         >
>         >
>         > Regarding the compiler selection; the limiting factor is the
>         validation
>         > effort which involves:
>         >
>         > 1)      Finding the maximum compiler (C and C++) versions
>         that is available
>         > for all of the supported platforms (for instance, iOS,
>         Android and Arduino
>         > all have their commonly available compilers which may not be
>         the most
>         > current)
>         
>         iOS currently has a modern version of Clang, so we're good.
>         
>         My problem is for future, potential platforms:
>          - QNX 6.5 currently ships with GCC 4.4 and will not upgrade
>            (6.6 has GCC 4.7)
>          - Windows Embedded Compact 7 only works with Visual Studio
>         2008
>          - Windows RT / Phone only works with Visual Studio 2013
>         
>         VS 2013 is actually a decent compiler when it comes to C++11
>         and even C99
>         support. I was surprised to discover it does support
>         designated initialisers.
>         
>         The problem is VS 2008, which supports no C99 and no C++11 at
>         all.
>  
> I started documenting some of the compilers/platforms in this
> discussion on a Wiki page at
> https://wiki.iotivity.org/compiler_support.  The Wiki page is by no
> means complete.  Please feel free to update or modify it.
> Furthermore, it is currently not referenced in any of the existing
> IoTivity Wiki pages, mostly because it's still under development.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> -Ossama
> 
> 
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