Were Visual studio 2005/2008 C++ 11 support instructions ever posted here?

[Dazman]

Hi all,

I've spent a lot of time searching this forum for an answer before posting this, but ages ago when Google search results used to bring me to this site I am pretty certain there was a member here who, in their signature, posted advice on using Visual Studio to compile C++ 11. I thought it was laserlight, but I seem to be wrong.

Now when I actually want this advice, I cannot seem to find it. This might be because it never existed and I am confused (highly possible!), in which case I apologise, or it might have been removed.

Can someone who has been more around on this forum more that I please put my mind at rest?

Thanks in advance.

[laserlight]

Nope, not me. I stopped using Visual Studio well before C++11 was published.

[Elysia]

C++11 is supported in 2010 and above (although still only a subset; Visual Studio still does not have complete C++11 support).
2005/2008 was released before the standard was finished, so no support there.
But what do you want to know? Basically you just take the code, use the 2010 compiler or above and compile. There's nothing special you have to do to enable C++11 support.

[vart]

Here is the list of supported features by revision
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...vs.140%29.aspx

There is no switch like in gcc to enable or disable it...

[Dazman]

Thanks very much for posting all

OK, Elysia what I was asking for is because I adore the VS 2005/2008 IDE so I was wanting to be able to able to use C++ 11 from within that IDE without the overhead of having to learn a new IDE. I thought I saw someone advise how to setup VS to use a C++ 11 compiler and linker, or at the very least something to do with configuring a compiler or Visual Studio, it was years ago (sorry I know that doesn't help).

But thinking about it I guess it wouldn't really be any use as the debug info might not be able to read by VS rendering debugging useless. Grrrr I wish I could find what it was I first read - it was definitely in someone's signature...

So the only way I can see to use VS with C++11 is via the VisualGDB plugin which relies on a UNIX based machine. Any recommendations on a Linux compiler set (slight tangent, I know)?

[Elysia]

OK, Elysia what I was asking for is because I adore the VS 2005/2008 IDE so I was wanting to be able to able to use C++ 11 from within that IDE without the overhead of having to learn a new IDE. I thought I saw someone advise how to setup VS to use a C++ 11 compiler and linker, or at the very least something to do with configuring a compiler or Visual Studio, it was years ago (sorry I know that doesn't help).

You know, you could just upgrade to the latest version. It's still Visual Studio, so you don't have to learn a new IDE, but has a lot better C++11 support.

[Dazman]

Fair enough, thanks very much all

[Elkvis]

You know, you could just upgrade to the latest version. It's still Visual Studio, so you don't have to learn a new IDE, but has a lot better C++11 support.

Not to mention, it's free now.