Re: [HACKERS] static assertions in C++

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 6:37 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Meh. We support ancient versions of C for backwards compatibility
>> reasons, but considering that compiling backend code with C++ isn't
>> officially supported at all, I'm not sure we need to cater to ancient
>> C++ compilers. We could quibble about the value of "ancient" of
>> course --- Peter, do you have an idea when this construct became
>> widely supported?
>>
>> I do think it might be a better idea to put a #error there instead
>> of silently disabling static assertions. Then at least we could
>> hope to get complaints if anyone *is* trying to use ancient C++,
>> and thereby gauge whether it's worth working any harder for this.
>
> I guess my question was whether we couldn't just use the same
> workaround we use for old C compilers.

This got unanswered and the thread has stalled for two months, so for
now I am marking the patch as returned with feedback.
--
Michael