Porting your code to C++17 with GCC 11

The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), which is the standard compiler on GNU/Linux distributions such as Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, moved from version 14 to version 17 of C++ in April 2021. Thus, the -std=gnu++17 command-line option is now used by default. C++17 brings a host of new features, but also deprecates, removes, or changes the semantics of certain constructs. This article looks at some of the issues you might face when switching to GCC 11. Remember that it is always possible to u...

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