Manual pass looking for "2015", builds & tests with unix_clang, before pre-commit.

README.rst

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Supported compilers
 1. Clang/LLVM 3.3 or newer (for Apple Xcode's clang, this is 5.0.0 or
    newer)
 2. GCC 4.8 or newer
-3. Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 or newer
+3. Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or newer
 4. Intel classic C++ compiler 18 or newer (ICC 20.2 tested in CI)
 5. Cygwin/GCC (previously tested on 2.5.1)
 6. NVCC (CUDA 11.0 tested in CI)

docs/advanced/cast/stl.rst

@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ included to tell pybind11 how to visit the variant.
 
     pybind11 only supports the modern implementation of ``boost::variant``
     which makes use of variadic templates. This requires Boost 1.56 or newer.
-    Additionally, on Windows, MSVC 2017 is required because ``boost::variant``
-    falls back to the old non-variadic implementation on MSVC 2015.
 
 .. _opaque:
 

docs/advanced/classes.rst

@@ -1118,13 +1118,6 @@ described trampoline:
     py::class_<A, Trampoline>(m, "A") // <-- `Trampoline` here
         .def("foo", &Publicist::foo); // <-- `Publicist` here, not `Trampoline`!
 
-.. note::
-
-    MSVC 2015 has a compiler bug (fixed in version 2017) which
-    requires a more explicit function binding in the form of
-    ``.def("foo", static_cast<int (A::*)() const>(&Publicist::foo));``
-    where ``int (A::*)() const`` is the type of ``A::foo``.
-
 Binding final classes
 =====================
 

docs/basics.rst

@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ The last line will both compile and run the tests.
 Windows
 -------
 
-On Windows, only **Visual Studio 2015** and newer are supported since pybind11 relies
-on various C++11 language features that break older versions of Visual Studio.
+On Windows, only **Visual Studio 2017** and newer are supported.
 
 .. Note::
 

docs/classes.rst

@@ -434,8 +434,7 @@ you can use ``py::detail::overload_cast_impl`` with an additional set of parenth
         .def("set", overload_cast_<int>()(&Pet::set), "Set the pet's age")
         .def("set", overload_cast_<const std::string &>()(&Pet::set), "Set the pet's name");
 
-.. [#cpp14] A compiler which supports the ``-std=c++14`` flag
-            or Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 and newer.
+.. [#cpp14] A compiler which supports the ``-std=c++14`` flag.
 
 .. note::
 

docs/faq.rst

@@ -220,20 +220,6 @@ In addition to decreasing binary size, ``-fvisibility=hidden`` also avoids
 potential serious issues when loading multiple modules and is required for
 proper pybind operation.  See the previous FAQ entry for more details.
 
-Working with ancient Visual Studio 2008 builds on Windows
-=========================================================
-
-The official Windows distributions of Python are compiled using truly
-ancient versions of Visual Studio that lack good C++11 support. Some users
-implicitly assume that it would be impossible to load a plugin built with
-Visual Studio 2015 into a Python distribution that was compiled using Visual
-Studio 2008. However, no such issue exists: it's perfectly legitimate to
-interface DLLs that are built with different compilers and/or C libraries.
-Common gotchas to watch out for involve not ``free()``-ing memory region
-that that were ``malloc()``-ed in another shared library, using data
-structures with incompatible ABIs, and so on. pybind11 is very careful not
-to make these types of mistakes.
-
 How can I properly handle Ctrl-C in long-running functions?
 ===========================================================
 

docs/upgrade.rst

@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ error is raised if the compiler does not meet the requirements:
 
 * GCC >= 4.8
 * clang >= 3.3 (appleclang >= 5.0)
-* MSVC >= 2015u3
+* MSVC >= 2017
 * Intel C++ >= 15.0
 
 

include/pybind11/attr.h

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct base {
 
     PYBIND11_DEPRECATED(
         "base<T>() was deprecated in favor of specifying 'T' as a template argument to class_")
-    base() {} // NOLINT(modernize-use-equals-default): breaks MSVC 2015 when adding an attribute
+    base() = default;
 };
 
 /// Keep patient alive while nurse lives
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ struct metaclass {
     handle value;
 
     PYBIND11_DEPRECATED("py::metaclass() is no longer required. It's turned on by default now.")
-    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-use-equals-default): breaks MSVC 2015 when adding an attribute
-    metaclass() {}
+    metaclass() = default;
 
     /// Override pybind11's default metaclass
     explicit metaclass(handle value) : value(value) {}

include/pybind11/detail/common.h

@@ -822,14 +822,8 @@ struct is_template_base_of_impl {
 /// Check if a template is the base of a type. For example:
 /// `is_template_base_of<Base, T>` is true if `struct T : Base<U> {}` where U can be anything
 template <template <typename...> class Base, typename T>
-#if !defined(_MSC_VER)
 using is_template_base_of
     = decltype(is_template_base_of_impl<Base>::check((intrinsic_t<T> *) nullptr));
-#else // MSVC2015 has trouble with decltype in template aliases
-struct is_template_base_of
-    : decltype(is_template_base_of_impl<Base>::check((intrinsic_t<T> *) nullptr)) {
-};
-#endif
 
 /// Check if T is an instantiation of the template `Class`. For example:
 /// `is_instantiation<shared_ptr, T>` is true if `T == shared_ptr<U>` where U can be anything.
@@ -1000,9 +994,6 @@ struct nodelete {
 PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)
 template <typename... Args>
 struct overload_cast_impl {
-    // NOLINTNEXTLINE(modernize-use-equals-default):  MSVC 2015 needs this
-    constexpr overload_cast_impl() {}
-
     template <typename Return>
     constexpr auto operator()(Return (*pf)(Args...)) const noexcept -> decltype(pf) {
         return pf;
@@ -1029,8 +1020,7 @@ PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(detail)
 ///  - regular: static_cast<Return (Class::*)(Arg0, Arg1, Arg2)>(&Class::func)
 ///  - sweet:   overload_cast<Arg0, Arg1, Arg2>(&Class::func)
 template <typename... Args>
-static constexpr detail::overload_cast_impl<Args...> overload_cast = {};
-// MSVC 2015 only accepts this particular initialization syntax for this variable template.
+static constexpr detail::overload_cast_impl<Args...> overload_cast;
 #endif
 
 /// Const member function selector for overload_cast

include/pybind11/functional.h

@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ public:
             Return operator()(Args... args) const {
                 gil_scoped_acquire acq;
                 object retval(hfunc.f(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
-                /* Visual studio 2015 parser issue: need parentheses around this expression */
-                return (retval.template cast<Return>());
+                return retval.template cast<Return>();
             }
         };
 

tests/test_constants_and_functions.cpp

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ TEST_SUBMODULE(constants_and_functions, m) {
         uint64_t zeros[10] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};
     };
     m.def("register_large_capture_with_invalid_arguments", [](py::module_ m) {
-        LargeCapture capture; // VS 2015's MSVC is acting up if we create the array here
+        LargeCapture capture; // VS 2015's MSVC was acting up when creating the array here
         m.def(
             "should_raise",
             [capture](int) { return capture.zeros[9] + 33; },

tests/test_virtual_functions.cpp

@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ class NCVirtTrampoline : public NCVirt {
 };
 
 struct Base {
-    /* for some reason MSVC2015 can't compile this if the function is pure virtual */
-    virtual std::string dispatch() const { return {}; };
+    virtual std::string dispatch() const = 0;
     virtual ~Base() = default;
     Base() = default;
     Base(const Base &) = delete;