From f2209704b6524da2c98be911c51c2eb6962395ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarrett Johnson <jarrett.johnson@schrodinger.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:06:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Upgrade to C++17

---
 INSTALL                  | 2 +-
 monkeypatch_distutils.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 7f0bf59aa..08a6776af 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ See also: http://pymolwiki.org/index.php/Linux_Install
 
 REQUIREMENTS
 
-    - C++11 compiler (e.g. gcc 4.7+)
+    - C++17 compiler (e.g. gcc 8+)
     - Python 3.6+
     - Pmw (Python Megawidgets) (optional, for legacy GUI/plugins)
       https://github.com/schrodinger/pmw-patched
diff --git a/monkeypatch_distutils.py b/monkeypatch_distutils.py
index 9b9269a2d..f4d88ced8 100644
--- a/monkeypatch_distutils.py
+++ b/monkeypatch_distutils.py
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ def customize_compiler(compiler):
 
     cxx_cmd = cxx + ' ' + cxxflags
 
-    # C++11 by default
+    # C++17 by default
     if '-std=' not in cxx_cmd:
-        cxx_cmd += ' -std=c++11'
+        cxx_cmd += ' -std=c++17'
 
     compiler.set_executables(
             compiler_cxx=cxx_cmd,