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authorJoerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io>2022-06-29 13:16:17 +0200
committerJoerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io>2022-06-29 18:32:05 +0200
commitc155734bfc89a62e5008e4c7b098c4c7f5c268b8 (patch)
tree8c66a8ef8b496408b121ef9340c2ccf69afde64c /qmake/doc
parent122aa530d6b335d582f9809d53614ac48211f086 (diff)
Doc: Clarify qmake's c++latest CONFIG value
Fixes: QTBUG-104631 Change-Id: I1d2b7de0f76de9c6ba4b7e47de7e777fedc7bd30 Reviewed-by: Alexandru Croitor <alexandru.croitor@qt.io> Reviewed-by: Kai Koehne <kai.koehne@qt.io>
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diff --git a/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc b/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc
index 64a00b2df5..41611be0e5 100644
--- a/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc
+++ b/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc
@@ -1203,8 +1203,10 @@
By default, support is disabled.
\row \li c++2a \li Obsolete alias for c++20.
\row \li c++latest \li Support for the latest C++ language standard is
- enabled that is supported by the compiler. By default, this option is
- disabled.
+ enabled. This option is mostly useful for MSVC that supports a
+ \c{/std:c++latest} compiler argument. For other toolchains, this
+ option enables the latest C++ standard that is known to Qt. By
+ default, this option is disabled.
\row \li strict_c++ \li Disables support for C++ compiler extensions.
By default, they are enabled.
\row \li depend_includepath \li Appending the value of INCLUDEPATH to