[vtk-developers] Introducing (optional) C++11 features in VTK

[Sean McBride]

On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:50:12 -0400, Sean McBride said:

>nullptr is another one that can be made to work even on older compilers
>with some #define glue.
>
>Instead of creating a 'VTK_OVERRIDE', we could also use 'override' as if
>we required C++11 and "#define override /* nothing */" as appropriate. 
>Then when C++11 really is the minimun requirement no big find/replace is
>required.  Just a thought.

I hit send too fast...

I also wanted to suggest looking at the clang-modernize tool, which is "a standalone tool used to automatically convert C++ code written against old standards to use features of the newest C++ standard".

<http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-modernize.html>

Specifically, it can be used to automatically add 'override' and convert to 'nullptr':

<http://clang.llvm.org/extra/AddOverrideTransform.html>
<http://clang.llvm.org/extra/UseNullptrTransform.html>

Cheers,

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