Ice provides two distinct C++ mappings:

• C++98
  This was the only C++ mapping provided by Ice until version 3.7. This mapping relies only on features present in the ISO/IEC 14882:1998 C++ standard, informally known as C++98. It includes its own helper classes for smart pointers, threads, mutexes and so on.
  
  
• C++11 
  This is a new mapping that takes advantage of features in the ISO/IEC 14882:2011 C++ standard, and occasionally newer features. This mapping requires a recent C++ compiler in C++11 or C++14/17 mode.

This chapter describes the C++11 mapping.

slice2cpp, the Slice-to-C++ translator, always generates code for both mappings, and C++ headers files provided by Ice, such as Ice/Ice.h and IceGrid/IceGrid.h, can be used with either mapping.

Selecting the C++11 Mapping

You select the C++11 mapping by compiling all your code with -DICE_CPP11_MAPPING. This macro should be defined in your build projects, not in your source files.

You also need to link your application with the ++11 variant of the Ice libraries, for example:

$ c++ -o client Hello.cpp client.cpp -DICE_CPP11_MAPPING -lIce++11.so