The change from C++0x to C++11 allows all of C++11 functionality to be
used in OpenFOAM, in particular constructor delegation which avoids code
duplication or constructor helper functions. However, this also means a
change to the minimum gcc version supported which is now 4.7 rather than
4.5.
Note that gcc-4.7 does not support the entire C++11 standard but does
support all of the functionality currently needed for further OpenFOAM
development. The minimum gcc-version which supports the entire C++11
standard is 4.8 which is now the recommended minimum gcc version.
etc/config.sh and etc/config.csh
This structure is more convenient to add support for other shells, e.g. zsh, fish etc.
Resolves feature request to simplify support for other shells in
http://www.openfoam.org/mantisbt/view.php?id=1232