[vtk-developers] RFC: Compiler support, removing hacks for old compilers

[Ben Boeckel]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 14:09:26 -0400, Sean McBride wrote:
> The motivation being:
>  - reduce cruft in the codebase
>  - allow use of newer language features (C++11 eventually)

FWIW, using C++11 support would bump to gcc 4.8 and VS2013 for
(practical) purposes (gcc 4.4 and VS2010 have rudimentary support for
it, but nothing I would rely on).

> Thoughts?

+1.

--Ben