Modernize code to C++17

Author: pb-dseifert

src/Makefile

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ssw.o: ssw.c ssw.h
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 ssw_cpp.o: ssw_cpp.cpp ssw_cpp.h ssw.h
-	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) -std=c++17 $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 clean:
 	-rm -f $(LOBJS) $(LCPPOBJS) $(PROG) $(LIB) $(EXAMPLE) $(EXAMPLE_CPP) $(JAVA_LIB) $(JAVA_JAR) $(JAVA_OBJ) *~ 

src/example.cpp

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static void PrintAlignment(const StripedSmithWaterman::Alignment& alignment);
 int main() {
   const string ref   = "CAGCCTTTCTGACCCGGAAATCAAAATAGGCACAACAAA";
   const string query = "CTGAGCCGGTAAATC";
-  int32_t maskLen = strlen(query.c_str())/2;
+  int32_t maskLen = query.size() / 2;
   maskLen = maskLen < 15 ? 15 : maskLen;
 
   // Declares a default Aligner
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int main() {
   // Declares an alignment that stores the result
   StripedSmithWaterman::Alignment alignment;
   // Aligns the query to the ref
-  aligner.Align(query.c_str(), ref.c_str(), ref.size(), filter, &alignment, maskLen);
+  aligner.Align(query, ref, filter, alignment, maskLen);
 
   PrintAlignment(alignment);