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-# Modern C++ support
+# Developing
 
-Mapbox GL Native supports the C++14 standard, and encourages contributions to
-the source code using modern C++ idioms like return type deductions, generic
-lambdas, `std::optional` and alike. However, we do not support all the features
-from the final draft of the C++14 standard - we had to sacrifice support for
-these features in order to support GCC from version 4.9 onwards.
+This is been rewritten to include:
 
-The following C++14 features are **not supported** in Mapbox GL Native:
-
-## [C++14 variable templates](https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/cpp14-language#variable-templates)
-
-Constructs like the example below are not supported:
-
-```C++
-template<typename T> constexpr T pi = T(3.14);
-```
-
-### Workarounds:
-
-- If the variable is an alias, use the call the alias points to: [example](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/commit/f1ac757bd28351fd57113a1e16f6c2e00ab193c1#diff-711ce10b54a522c948efc9030ffab4fcL269)
-```C++
-// auto foo = pi<double>;
-auto foo = double(3.14);
-```
-
-- Replace variable templates with either functions or structs: [example 1](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/commit/f1ac757bd28351fd57113a1e16f6c2e00ab193c1#diff-ffbe6cdfd30513aaa4749b4d959a5da6L58), [example 2](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/commit/f1ac757bd28351fd57113a1e16f6c2e00ab193c1#diff-04af54dc8685cdc382ebe24466dc1d00L98)
-
-## [C++14 aggregates with non-static data member initializers](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/aggregate_initialization)
-
-Constructs like the example below are not supported:
-
-```C++
-struct Foo {
-    int x = { 0 };
-};
-
-// error: no matching function for call to 'Foo::Foo(<brace-enclosed initializer list>)'
-int main() {
-    Foo foo { 0 };
-    return 0;
-}
-```
-
-### Workarounds
-- Replace data member initializers with default parameter values in default constructors:
-
-```C++
-struct Foo {
-    Foo(int x_ = 0) : x(x_) {}
-    int x;
-};
-
-int main() {
-    Foo foo { 0 }; // works with default constructor
-    return 0;
-}
-```
-
-- Replace bracket initialization with regular round brackets or none:
-
-```C++
-struct Foo {
-    Foo(int x_ = 0) : x(x_) {}
-    int x;
-};
-
-int main() {
-    Foo foo(); // works
-    Foo bar; // also works
-    return 0;
-}
-```
-
-## [Extended `constexpr` support](https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/cpp14-language#extended-constexpr)
-
-GCC 4.9 strictly forbids `constexpr` usage in the following scenarios:
-- No local variable declarations (not `static` or `thread_local`, and no uninitialized variables)
-- Cannot mutate objects whose lifetime began with the constant expression evaluation
-- Disable usage of if, switch, for, while, do-while (not goto) inside constexpr expressions
-- Enforces that constexpr member functions are implicitly const
-
-```C++
-// sorry, unimplemented: use of the value of the object being constructed
-// in a constant expression
-struct Foo {
-    int x, y;
-    constexpr Foo(int i) : x(i), y(x) {}
-};
-
-// error: body of constexpr function 'constexpr int test1(int)' not a
-// return-statement
-constexpr int test1(int i) {
-    int j = i;
-    return j;
-}
-
-// error: body of constexpr function 'constexpr bool test2(int)' not a
-// return-statement
-constexpr bool test2(int i) {
-    if (i > 0) {
-        return true;
-    } else {
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-```
-
-### Workarounds
-
-- Either remove `constexpr` specifier or replace it with `inline` in case of
-  functions
-
-
-## [Polymorphic lambdas](https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68278)
-
-GCC 5.2.0 crashes with polymorphic lambdas and this version of the compiler
-is currently used in Qt Automotive. Luckily polymorphic lambdas are rarely
-used/needed but we had one incident fixed by #9665.
-
-### Workarounds
-
-- Copy & Paste™ the code.
-
-
-## [Inheriting Constructors](http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2540.htm)
-
-Compilers with only partial C++11 support causes compilation errors when using-declaration is used in derived class to inherit its base class's constructors `(e.g. using Base::Base;)`.
-
-```C++
-#include <vector>
-
-template <typename T>
-struct Varargs : std::vector<T>
-{
-    using std::vector<T>::vector;
-};
-
-// error: conflicts with version inherited from 'std::__1::vector<int, std::__1::allocator<int> >'
-int main()
-{
-    Varargs<int> v;
-    return 0;
-}
-```
-
-### Workarounds
-
-- Replace using-declaration (e.g. using Base::Base;) in derived class with `universal forwarding constructor`.
-
-```C++
-#include <vector>
-
-template <typename T>
-struct Varargs : std::vector<T>
-{
-    template <class... Args>
-    Varargs(Args&&... args) : std::vector<T>(std::forward<Args>(args)...) {}
-};
-
-int main()
-{
-    Varargs<int> v;
-    return 0;
-}
-```
-
-Note: Using `universal forwarding constructor` may not be appropriate when derived class has additional members that are not in base class. Write constructors for the derived class explicitly instead of using `universal forwarding constructor` when the derived class has additional members.
+- How to build for the platforms we support.
+- Acceptance criteria for code contributions (style, static asserts)
+- How to run the unit tests.
+- How to run the benchmarks.
+- How to run the render tests.
+- How to rebaseline baselines metrics.
+- How to use GL Native as a 3rd party library in your project.