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1 C++11 in Skia	1 C++11 in Skia

2 =============	2 =============

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4 Skia is exploring the use of C++11. As a library, we are technically limited	4 Skia is exploring the use of C++11. As a library, we are technically limited

5 by what our clients support and what our build bots support.	5 by what our clients support and what our build bots support.

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7 Skia may also be limited by restrictions we choose put on ourselves. This	7 Skia may also be limited by restrictions we choose put on ourselves. This

8 document is not concerned with C++11 policy in Skia, only its technical	8 document is not concerned with C++11 policy in Skia, only its technical

9 feasibility. This is about what we can use, a superset of what we may use.	9 feasibility. This is about what we can use, a superset of what we may use.

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11 The gist:	11 The gist:

12

13 - C++11 the language as supported by GCC 4.4 or later is probably usable.	12 - C++11 the language as supported by GCC 4.4 or later is probably usable.

14 - If you break a bot, that feature is not usable.	13 - If you break a bot, that feature is not usable.

15 - The C++11 standard library can't generally be used.	14 - The C++11 standard library can't generally be used.

16 - Local statics are not thread safe.	15 - Local statics are not thread safe.

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19 Clients	18 Clients

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22 The clients we pay most attention to are Chrome, Android, Mozilla, and a few	21 The clients we pay most attention to are Chrome, Android, Mozilla, and a few

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53 Bots	52 Bots

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56 Most of our bots are pretty up-to-date: the Windows bots use MSVC 2013, the Mac	55 Most of our bots are pretty up-to-date: the Windows bots use MSVC 2013, the Mac

57 bots a recent Clang, and the Linux bots GCC 4.8 or a recent Clang. Our Android	56 bots a recent Clang, and the Linux bots GCC 4.8 or a recent Clang. Our Android

58 bots use a recent toolchain from Android (see above), and our Chrome bots use	57 bots use a recent toolchain from Android (see above), and our Chrome bots use

59 Chrome's toolchains (see above). I'm not exactly sure what our Chrome OS bots	58 Chrome's toolchains (see above). I'm not exactly sure what our Chrome OS bots

60 are using, but they've never been a problem.	59 are using, but they've never been a problem.

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62 A few miscellaneous compile-only bots are actually our current overall weak link :	61 A few miscellaneous compile-only bots are actually our current overall weak link :

63 - Our NaCl builds use an old non-PNaCl toolchain, which is based on GCC	62 - Our NaCl builds use an old non-PNaCl toolchain, which is based on GCC

64 4.4. GCC 4.4 has some support for C++11, but it's not nearly complete.	63 4.4. GCC 4.4 has some support for C++11, but it's not nearly complete.

65 There is no upgrade path except PNaCl; even the very latest NaCl toolchain	64 There is no upgrade path except PNaCl; even the very latest NaCl toolchain

66 is GCC 4.4, while PNaCl is based on Clang 3.4 (with complete C++11 support ).	65 is GCC 4.4, while PNaCl is based on Clang 3.4 (with complete C++11 support).

67 - Our iOS builds are driven from a Mac 10.7 machine using some unknown old C lang.	66 - Our iOS builds are driven from a Mac 10.7 machine using some unknown old Cla ng.

68 Who knows how old that is or what it supports? It's probably due for an u pdate.	67 Who knows how old that is or what it supports? It's probably due for an upd ate.

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70 If we were to eliminate the problems of the NaCl and iOS bots, our ability to	69 If we were to eliminate the problems of the NaCl and iOS bots, our ability to

71 use C++11 would match Mozilla's list nearly identically.	70 use C++11 would match Mozilla's list nearly identically.

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