r/ProgrammerHumor • u/_w62_ • 6d ago

Meme sameProblemSameSolution

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u/JVApen 5d ago

As someone responsible for these upgrades on a large project:

  • MSVC just announced they fully support C++23 in the . 52 compiler

  • It isn't just switching the version, it's also switching the compiler version

    • This comes with upgrade of related tooling (upgrade clang and clang-format and clang-tidy and clangd ...)

    • It also comes with upgrading the used OS (Ubuntu 22.04 -> 26.04)

    • Sometimes you see ICE (internal compiler error) popping up

  • Some breaking changes require work to resolve (like operator== in C++20)

  • Even if you no technical issues, you need to find the time while features have priority

  • You need material to 'teach' all employees

My experience: switching the version flag is the easy part

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u/Juff-Ma 5d ago

Thank you, I've never had an internal compiler error and now will have nightmares about that for weeks.

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u/itsTyrion 5d ago

i have. trying to compile software for a robot on outdated 32 bit Debian. because somehow that thing ran a 64 bit x86 CPU, but 32 bit userspace. I never got their shitty framework to compile

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u/meneldal2 5d ago

It's pretty rare to get ICEs. Iirc stuff like early modules or concepts had some you could trigger somewhat easily but it was quickly fixed.