Need to enable C++11 in Codeblocks

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Reinis Riekstins picture Reinis Riekstins · Mar 1, 2016 · Viewed 11.9k times · Source

I need to enable C++11 in Codeblocks 16.

Several tutorials explain that all one needs to do is select the "Have g++ follow the C++11 ISO C++ language standard -std=c++11 option in "Settings > Compiler... > Compiler Settings > Compiler Flags", however such an option does not appear in my Compiler Flags:

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Others suggest just pasting -std=c++11 into "Other compiler options". However this doesn't allow me to build my code and shows this in the "Build Messages" bar:

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I am using Codeblocks 16, with the GNU GCC Compiler that comes with it on Windows 7.

Answer

Puzomor Croatia picture Puzomor Croatia · Jun 18, 2016

You could always just select the -std=c++0x option, but another solution is to install more recent mingw version since the problem is obviously the compiler, not Code::Blocks

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