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diff --git a/ext/pybind11/docs/intro.rst b/ext/pybind11/docs/intro.rst index 2149c18db..10e1799a1 100644 --- a/ext/pybind11/docs/intro.rst +++ b/ext/pybind11/docs/intro.rst @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ The following core C++ features can be mapped to Python - Custom operators - Single and multiple inheritance - STL data structures -- Iterators and ranges - Smart pointers with reference counting like ``std::shared_ptr`` - Internal references with correct reference counting - C++ classes with virtual (and pure virtual) methods can be extended in Python @@ -77,9 +76,8 @@ In addition to the core functionality, pybind11 provides some extra goodies: of `PyRosetta`_, an enormous Boost.Python binding project, reported a binary size reduction of **5.4x** and compile time reduction by **5.8x**. -- When supported by the compiler, two new C++14 features (relaxed constexpr and - return value deduction) are used to precompute function signatures at compile - time, leading to smaller binaries. +- Function signatures are precomputed at compile time (using ``constexpr``), + leading to smaller binaries. - With little extra effort, C++ types can be pickled and unpickled similar to regular Python objects. @@ -92,4 +90,4 @@ Supported compilers 1. Clang/LLVM (any non-ancient version with C++11 support) 2. GCC 4.8 or newer 3. Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 or newer -4. Intel C++ compiler v15 or newer +4. Intel C++ compiler v17 or newer (v16 with pybind11 v2.0 and v15 with pybind11 v2.0 and a `workaround <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/276>`_ ) |