Migrate to C++17 and misc code cleanups

Change-Id: I6b63385c92361a7ef5803d2bfd00f39c77e88d34
diff --git a/src/handles/tcp-bulk-insert-handle.hpp b/src/handles/tcp-bulk-insert-handle.hpp
index 49ee8e0..2930985 100644
--- a/src/handles/tcp-bulk-insert-handle.hpp
+++ b/src/handles/tcp-bulk-insert-handle.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2019, Regents of the University of California.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2022, Regents of the University of California.
  *
  * This file is part of NDN repo-ng (Next generation of NDN repository).
  * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of repo-ng authors and contributors.
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@
   class Error : public std::runtime_error
   {
   public:
-    explicit
-    Error(const std::string& what)
-      : std::runtime_error(what)
-    {
-    }
+    using std::runtime_error::runtime_error;
   };
 
 public: