Update the comment on Clang and MSVC's STL
Update the comment on Clang (on Windows) and MSVC's STL based on new
understanding of the issue.
Change-Id: I7a4d3b9b35956ac04d724b1e16ae283ab8517496
(cherry picked from commit 02ef05b22ad0d17ae49dbc054a69ca2ab60960fa)
diff --git a/build/cmake/aom_configure.cmake b/build/cmake/aom_configure.cmake
index 4a4a6ee..1ebfa9e 100644
--- a/build/cmake/aom_configure.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/aom_configure.cmake
@@ -303,9 +303,9 @@
if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang"
AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT STREQUAL "GNU"
AND CMAKE_CXX_SIMULATE_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
- # MSVC's STL requires C++14 as it's the compiler's default and minimum
- # supported C++ version. However, clang (as opposed to clang-cl) in Visual
- # Studio defaults to C++11.
+ # Microsoft's C++ Standard Library requires C++14 as it's MSVC's default and
+ # minimum supported C++ version. If Clang is using this Standard Library
+ # implementation, it cannot target C++11.
require_cxx_flag_nomsvc("-std=c++14" YES)
else()
require_cxx_flag_nomsvc("-std=c++11" YES)
