Move past C++14 ?

[rebb]

Currently the codebase is set to use the C++14 standard.

Would moving to a more modern standard be worth thinking about ?
C++17 and C++20 introduce a few niceties.

As an experiment i got the source to compile with MSVC on C++17, C++20, C++23preview and C++latest.
Some code changes were needed obviously but not many. Bumping the VS Toolset to 143 would also be needed i guess.

Just an idea, it would definitely be understandable to stay with C++14 for the time being.

[joncampbell123]

Technically DOSBox-X compiles as C++11 or C++14, though C++11 is deprecated now. I think I'll require C++14 soon.

For reference, as far as I know, the main DOSBox project is still compiling as C++03, unless they've updated that recently.

[joncampbell123]

After the late March release, I made a change that now requires at least C++14 to compile.

[rebb]

Recently there was a video by the Sea of Thieves devs about their experience moving from C++14 to C++20.
I haven't watched it yet, only skimmed it - but i'll drop it here for reference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6j6SZiXmoo

He mentions starting to use "/permissive-" in Visual Studio ( i use that for my personal projects ), which might be worth looking into too.