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How do you set C++11 as default in eclipse?

Is it possible to avoid having to go to project settings and add a compilation flag to use C++11 for every project I create in eclipse and just make C++11 the default?

Solution

  • You can make it the default in a given workspace, by going to Preferences -> C/C++ -> Build -> Settings -> Discovery -> CDT [Your Compiler] Built-in Compiler Settings, and adding -std=c++11 to the Command to get compiler specs there.

    Note that, in order for a project to pick up this workspace-wide settings, in the project's Properties -> C/C++ General -> Preprocessor Include Paths, Macros etc. -> Providers -> CDT [Your Compiler] Built-in Compiler Settings, Use global provider shared between projects needs to be checked.