BUbusrf·Oct 9, 2019
GCC, and Keil.
As you said, there are no vendor SDKs out there (that I know of, anyways) that are C++. But it's not terribly hard to integrate them in to a C++ codebase / roll your own abstractions because you're dissatisfied with the ones the vendor gives you (;
Different compilers supporting different subsets of the standard is definitely an issue, and it can be a problem if you're trying to use the same code with several different toolchains.
GCC in particular however has been really good about keeping up with newer versions of the C++ standard. I like and use many of the things on this list (excepting the standard library features, which of course you usually can't use off the shelf because dynamic memory allocation): https://github.com/AnthonyCalandra/modern-cpp-features.
In particular, features such as constexpr lambda, if constexpr
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, and type traits are nice ways to do some compile-time computation while being type safe - they're a lot more pleasant to work with than C preprocessor macros.
And of course, templates. They're a nice way to express certain concepts and reduce duplication without making any impact on your code size. But only judiciously, otherwise you will wreck your compile times (;