BLD: Change minimum C++ standard to C++17

Author: threecgreen

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.28.1 - TBD
+## 0.29.0 - TBD
 
 ### Enhancements
 - Fixed documentation for using external versions of libraries (credit: @ElBellaCiao)
 
+### Breaking changes
+- Updated the minimum supported C++ standard to C++17
+
 ## 0.28.0 - 2025-01-21
 
 ### Breaking changes

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ message(STATUS "Added all header and implementation files.")
 # Set the project standard and warnings
 #
 
-target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
 include(cmake/CompilerWarnings.cmake)
 set_target_warnings(${PROJECT_NAME})
 include(cmake/Sanitizers.cmake)

README.md

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ The client supports both streaming real-time and historical market data through
 
 ## Usage
 
-The minimum C++ standard is C++11 and the minimum CMake version is 3.14.
+The minimum C++ standard is C++17 and the minimum CMake version is 3.14.
 
 ### Integration
 
-The easiest way to use our library is by embedding it with [CMake FetchContent](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.11/module/FetchContent.html).
+The easiest way to use our library is by embedding it with [CMake FetchContent](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FetchContent.html).
 Your `CMakeLists.txt` should look something like the following:
 
 ```cmake

cmake/Utils.cmake

@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ function(add_example_target name file)
     PRIVATE
       databento::databento
   )
-  target_compile_features(${name} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+  target_compile_features(${name} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
   set_target_warnings(${name})
 endfunction()

tests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ target_include_directories(
 # Set the compiler standard
 #
 
-target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
 # Ensure std::string debug info is included
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
   target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -fstandalone-debug)