Re: C++11, 'throw', etc.

Nick Rasmussen <[email protected]> Fri, 11 Aug 2017 23:20:54 +0000
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It seems reasonable to me as well.  Removing the dynamic exception
specifications would=E2=80=99t even break compatibility with older compiler=
s.

-nick

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:52 AM Piotr Stanczyk <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Sounds like a sensible plan to me.
>
> Anyone from ILM care to comment on this? Can you foresee any internal
> build issues?
>
> Piotr
>
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:40 AM Larry Gritz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Any vendors that have bought into VFX Platform (Autodesk, Foundry, SESI)
>> should in theory have been on C++11 since last year (and should be on bo=
ard
>> for C++14 for any products coming in 2018).
>>
>> We're only talking about moving forward, so a stray downstream product
>> stuck on C++03 can keep using OpenEXR <=3D 2.2.
>>
>> I'll give it a couple days to see if there are objections before I do an=
y
>> of the actual work. But it will be cleaner and easier if we can just ass=
ume
>> C++11 as a minimum.
>>
>> -- lg
>>
>>
>> On Aug 10, 2017, at 11:12 AM, Piotr Stanczyk <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Are there any vendors for whom this would cause an issue? Else, I would
>> vote for moving things forward
>>
>>
>> On 10 August 2017 at 10:18, Larry Gritz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Ugh, so it's worse than I thought.
>>>
>>> I suppose I'm willing to fix and submit a patch to address this.
>>>
>>> Do I need to put in the proper macros to make it compile on everything
>>> from C++03 through 17? Does anybody want to argue for continuing to
>>> maintain C++03 compatibility for future OpenEXR releases, or is it fina=
lly
>>> time (six years after the C++ standard and 2+ years after VFXPlatform) =
to
>>> raise the floor to C++11?
>>>
>>> -- lg
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 9, 2017, at 11:38 PM, Werner Benger <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> It should be noted that dynamic expressions are actually forbidden in
>>> C++17, so OpenEXR does no longer compile with GCC 7.1 when std C++17 is
>>> enabled. The highest C++ version that can be used to compile it is C++1=
4,
>>> where it's still just a warning, while in C++17 it's an error. It would=
 be
>>> good to have OpenEXR at least compilable in C++17.  Major C++ libraries
>>> such as QT are using C++11 nowadays, so it seems pretty safe to go beyo=
nd
>>> C++03 for modern applications, a lot of things are indeed much easier.
>>>
>>>     Werner
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10.08.2017 00:20, Larry Gritz wrote:
>>>
>>> In a test compile with gcc 7, I get lots of errors of the following ilk=
:
>>>
>>> /home/travis/build/lgritz/openexr/IlmBase/Imath/ImathVec.h:228:34:
>>> warning: dynamic exception specifications are deprecated in C++11
>>> [-Wdeprecated]
>>>      const Vec2 & normalizeExc () throw (IEX_NAMESPACE::MathExc);
>>>                                   ^~~~~
>>>
>>> I can disable this particular warning, of course, but it's worth noting
>>> that the OpenEXR code base is not C++11 compliant. But in addition to u=
sing
>>> some C++03 idioms that are deprecated in C++11, perhaps more importantl=
y,
>>> the code is not taking advantage of new features such as move semantics=
,
>>> constexpr, nothrow, and others. For the Imath classes especially, using
>>> some of these may actually confer a performance benefit.
>>>
>>> I feel kind of bad pointing this out while not really having the time a=
t
>>> the moment to code up and submit an actual patch myself, but I thought =
I'd
>>> at least open the topic and see where the community stands on the issue=
 of
>>> how and when to upgrade to C++11 and if it's important for modern OpenE=
XR
>>> to continue to support C++03. For point of reference, the VFX Reference
>>> Platform [http://www.vfxplatform.com/] dictated C++11 for 2016 and
>>> 2017, and will be C++14 for 2018.
>>>
>>> -- lg
>>>
>>> --
>>> Larry Gritz
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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____
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>>> Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University
>>> (CCT/LSU)
>>> 2019  Digital Media Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
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>>
>>
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<div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div><div dir=3D"auto">It seems reasonable=
 to me as well.=C2=A0 Removing the dynamic exception specifications would=
=E2=80=99t even break compatibility with older compilers.=C2=A0</div></div>=
</div><div><div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">-nick</div></=
div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:52 =
AM Piotr Stanczyk &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D=
"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex"><div>Sounds like a sensible plan to me.=C2=A0</div><div><br><=
/div><div>Anyone from ILM care to comment on this? Can you foresee any inte=
rnal build issues?</div><div><br></div><div>Piotr</div><div><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:40 AM Larry Gritz &lt;<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt=
; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .=
8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:br=
eak-word">Any vendors that have bought into VFX Platform (Autodesk, Foundry=
, SESI) should in theory have been on C++11 since last year (and should be =
on board for C++14 for any products coming in 2018).<div><br></div><div>We&=
#39;re only talking about moving forward, so a stray downstream product stu=
ck on C++03 can keep using OpenEXR &lt;=3D 2.2.</div><div><br></div><div>I&=
#39;ll give it a couple days to see if there are objections before I do any=
 of the actual work. But it will be cleaner and easier if we can just assum=
e C++11 as a minimum.</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"m_63619441204=
89933342m_-293618947442915972m_-6079636075028917681Apple-tab-span" style=3D=
"white-space:pre-wrap">	</span>-- lg</div><div><br><div></div></div></div><=
div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><br><div><blockquote type=3D"c=
ite"><div>On Aug 10, 2017, at 11:12 AM, Piotr Stanczyk &lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&=
gt; wrote:</div><br class=3D"m_6361944120489933342m_-293618947442915972m_-6=
079636075028917681Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Are there any vendor=
s for whom this would cause an issue? Else, I would vote for moving things =
forward=C2=A0<div><br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote">On 10 August 2017 at 10:18, Larry Gritz <span>&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</=
span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8e=
x;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:brea=
k-word">Ugh, so it&#39;s worse than I thought.<div><br></div><div>I suppose=
 I&#39;m willing to fix and submit a patch to address this.</div><div><br><=
/div><div>Do I need to put in the proper macros to make it compile on every=
thing from C++03 through 17? Does anybody want to argue for continuing to m=
aintain C++03 compatibility for future OpenEXR releases, or is it finally t=
ime (six years after the C++ standard and 2+ years after VFXPlatform) to ra=
ise the floor to C++11?</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"m_636194412=
0489933342m_-293618947442915972m_-6079636075028917681m_6758675243403444048A=
pple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">	</span>-- lg</div><div><br><=
/div><div><div><div class=3D"m_6361944120489933342m_-293618947442915972m_-6=
079636075028917681h5"><br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Aug 9, 201=
7, at 11:38 PM, Werner Benger &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" tar=
get=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class=3D"m_636194=
4120489933342m_-293618947442915972m_-6079636075028917681m_67586752434034440=
48Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>It should be noted that dynamic expr=
essions are actually forbidden in C++17, so OpenEXR does no longer compile =
with GCC 7.1 when std C++17 is enabled. The highest C++ version that can be=
 used to compile it is C++14, where it&#39;s still just a warning, while in=
 C++17 it&#39;s an error. It would be good to have OpenEXR at least compila=
ble in C++17.=C2=A0 Major C++ libraries such as QT are using C++11 nowadays=
, so it seems pretty safe to go beyond C++03 for modern applications, a lot=
 of things are indeed much easier.<br><br> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Werner<b=
r><br><br>On 10.08.2017 00:20, Larry Gritz wrote:<br><blockquote type=3D"ci=
te">In a test compile with gcc 7, I get lots of errors of the following ilk=
:<br><br>/home/travis/build/lgritz/openexr/IlmBase/Imath/ImathVec.h:228:34:=
 warning: dynamic exception specifications are deprecated in C++11 [-Wdepre=
cated]<br> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0const Vec2 &amp; normalizeExc () t=
hrow (IEX_NAMESPACE::MathExc);<br> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0^~~~~<br><br>I can disable this particular warning, of cours=
e, but it&#39;s worth noting that the OpenEXR code base is not C++11 compli=
ant. But in addition to using some C++03 idioms that are deprecated in C++1=
1, perhaps more importantly, the code is not taking advantage of new featur=
es such as move semantics, constexpr, nothrow, and others. For the Imath cl=
asses especially, using some of these may actually confer a performance ben=
efit.<br><br>I feel kind of bad pointing this out while not really having t=
he time at the moment to code up and submit an actual patch myself, but I t=
hought I&#39;d at least open the topic and see where the community stands o=
n the issue of how and when to upgrade to C++11 and if it&#39;s important f=
or modern OpenEXR to continue to support C++03. For point of reference, the=
 VFX Reference Platform [<a href=3D"http://www.vfxplatform.com/" target=3D"=
_blank">http://www.vfxplatform.com/</a>] dictated C++11 for 2016 and 2017, =
and will be C++14 for 2018.<br><br><span class=3D"m_6361944120489933342m_-2=
93618947442915972m_-6079636075028917681m_6758675243403444048Apple-tab-span"=
 style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">	</span>-- lg<br><br>--<br>Larry Gritz<br><=
a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>=
<br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>=
Openexr-devel mailing list<br><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" t=
arget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br><a href=3D"https://lists.n=
ongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/openexr-devel" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.n=
ongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/openexr-devel</a><br></blockquote><br>-- <br>___=
________________________________________________________________________<br=
>Dr. Werner Benger =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Visualization Research<br>Center for Co=
mputation &amp; Technology at Louisiana State University (CCT/LSU)<br>2019 =
=C2=A0Digital Media Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803<br>Tel.: <a href=
=3D"tel:(225)%20578-4809" value=3D"+12255784809" target=3D"_blank">+1 225 5=
78 4809</a> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
Fax.: <a href=3D"tel:(225)%20578-5362" value=3D"+12255785362" target=3D"_bl=
ank">+1 225 578-5362</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________=
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lockquote></div><br></div></div><div>
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t-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;l=
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tica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:=
normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transfor=
m:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Larry Gritz</div><div style=3D"=
font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:no=
rmal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:=
0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href=3D"mai=
lto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></div><div st=
yle=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-=
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iv><br class=3D"m_6361944120489933342m_-293618947442915972m_-60796360750289=
17681m_6758675243403444048Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class=3D"m_6=
361944120489933342m_-293618947442915972m_-6079636075028917681m_675867524340=
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k-word"><div><div><div>
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ily:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;fon=
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t-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:s=
tart;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0p=
x">Larry Gritz</div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;fo=
nt-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;=
letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;=
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arget=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);=
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