Re: [HACKERS] static assertions in C++

On 12/20/17 10:51, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> On 12/20/17 00:57, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> I do not have a well-informed opinion on whether
>>> #if defined(__cpp_static_assert) && __cpp_static_assert >= 200410
>>> is an appropriate test for static_assert() being available, but I'm
>>> pretty suspicious of it because none of my C++ compilers seem to
>>> take that path, not even recent stuff like clang 9.0.0.
>
>> For clang, you apparently need to pass -std=c++11 or higher. With g++
>>> =6, that's the default.
>
> Ah. I did try -std=c++0x on one machine, but forgot to do so with
> the newer clang. That does seem to make it take the static_assert
> path on recent macOS.

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