I'd really like to start using some C++11 features in Amarok. It has been argued that only few compilers support all of C++11's features at this point, and that we therefore couldn't use C++11.

Right. However, we could use a *subset* of C++11 features. I'm thinking especially of popular features like Lambda Functions, which have been implemented for a good while in all common compilers. With GCC and Clang this wouldn't be a problem. I'm not so sure about the Microsoft compiler (Patrick do you know?).

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