List of features and minimum Clang version with support
#1: C++11
Language Feature | C++11 Proposal | Available in Clang? |
---|---|---|
Rvalue references | N2118 | Clang 2.9 |
Rvalue references for *this |
N2439 | Clang 2.9 |
Initialization of class objects by rvalues | N1610 | Clang 2.9 |
Non-static data member initializers | N2756 | Clang 3.0 |
Variadic templates | N2242 | Clang 2.9 |
Extending variadic template template parameters | N2555 | Clang 2.9 |
Initializer lists | N2672 | Clang 3.1 |
Static assertions | N1720 | Clang 2.9 |
auto -typed variables |
N1984 | Clang 2.9 |
Multi-declarator auto |
N1737 | Clang 2.9 |
Removal of auto as a storage-class specifier | N2546 | Clang 2.9 |
New function declarator syntax | N2541 | Clang 2.9 |
Lambda expressions | N2927 | Clang 3.1 |
P0588R1 (DR) | No | |
Declared type of an expression | N2343 | Clang 2.9 |
Incomplete return types | N3276 | Clang 3.1 |
Right angle brackets | N1757 | Clang 2.9 |
Default template arguments for function templates | DR226 | Clang 2.9 |
Solving the SFINAE problem for expressions | DR339 | Clang 2.9 |
Alias templates | N2258 | Clang 3.0 |
Extern templates | N1987 | Clang 2.9 |
Null pointer constant | N2431 | Clang 3.0 |
Strongly-typed enums | N2347 | Clang 2.9 |
Forward declarations for enums | N2764 DR1206 |
Clang 3.1 |
Standardized attribute syntax | N2761 | Clang 3.3 (1) |
Generalized constant expressions | N2235 | Clang 3.1 |
P0859R0 (DR) | SVN | |
Alignment support | N2341 | Clang 3.3 |
Conditionally-support behavior | N1627 | Clang 2.9 |
Changing undefined behavior into diagnosable errors | N1727 | Clang 2.9 |
Delegating constructors | N1986 | Clang 3.0 |
Inheriting constructors | N2540 | Clang 3.3 |
P0136R1 (DR) | Clang 3.9 | |
Explicit conversion operators | N2437 | Clang 3.0 |
New character types | N2249 | Clang 2.9 |
Unicode string literals | N2442 | Clang 3.0 |
Raw string literals | N2442 | Clang 3.0 |
Universal character names in literals | N2170 | Clang 3.1 |
User-defined literals | N2765 | Clang 3.1 |
Standard Layout Types | N2342 | Clang 3.0 |
Defaulted functions | N2346 | Clang 3.0 |
Deleted functions | N2346 | Clang 2.9 |
Extended friend declarations | N1791 | Clang 2.9 |
Extending sizeof |
N2253 DR850 |
Clang 3.1 |
Inline namespaces | N2535 | Clang 2.9 |
Unrestricted unions | N2544 | Clang 3.1 |
Local and unnamed types as template arguments | N2657 | Clang 2.9 |
Range-based for | N2930 | Clang 3.0 |
P0962R1 (DR) | SVN | |
Explicit virtual overrides | N2928 N3206 N3272 |
Clang 3.0 |
Minimal support for garbage collection and reachability-based leak detection | N2670 | N/A (2) |
Allowing move constructors to throw [noexcept] | N3050 | Clang 3.0 |
Defining move special member functions | N3053 | Clang 3.0 |
Concurrency | ||
Sequence points | N2239 | Clang 3.3 |
Atomic operations | N2427 | Clang 3.1 |
Strong Compare and Exchange | N2748 | Clang 3.1 (3) |
Bidirectional Fences | N2752 | Clang 3.1 |
Memory model | N2429 | Clang 3.2 |
Data-dependency ordering: atomics and memory model | N2664 | Clang 3.2 (4) |
Propagating exceptions | N2179 | Clang 2.9 |
Allow atomics use in signal handlers | N2547 | Clang 3.1 |
Thread-local storage | N2659 | Clang 3.3 (5) |
Dynamic initialization and destruction with concurrency | N2660 | Clang 2.9 |
C99 Features in C++11 | ||
__func__ predefined identifier |
N2340 | Clang 2.9 |
C99 preprocessor | N1653 | Clang 2.9 |
long long |
N1811 | Clang 2.9 |
Extended integral types | N1988 | N/A (6) |
(1): The [[carries_dependency]]
attribute has no effect.
(2): No compiler changes are required for an implementation such as Clang that does not provide garbage collection.
(3): All compare-exchange operations are emitted as strong compare-exchanges.
(4): memory_order_consume
is lowered to memory_order_acquire
.
(5): thread_local
support requires a C++ runtime library providing __cxa_thread_atexit
, such as libc++abi 3.6 or later, or libsupc++ 4.8 or later.
(6): No compiler changes are required for an implementation such as Clang that does not provide any extended integer types.
__int128
is not treated as an extended integer type, because changing intmax_t
would be an ABI-incompatible change.
#2: C++14
Language Feature | C++14 Proposal | Available in Clang? |
---|---|---|
Tweak to certain C++ contextual conversions | N3323 | Clang 3.4 |
Binary literals | N3472 | Clang 2.9 |
decltype(auto) | N3638 | Clang 3.3 |
Return type deduction for normal functions | Clang 3.4 | |
Initialized lambda captures | N3648 | Clang 3.4 |
Generic lambdas | N3649 | Clang 3.4 |
Variable templates | N3651 | Clang 3.4 |
Relaxing requirements on constexpr functions | N3652 | Clang 3.4 |
Member initializers and aggregates | N3653 | Clang 3.3 |
Clarifying memory allocation | N3664 | Clang 3.4 |
[[deprecated]] attribute | N3760 | Clang 3.4 |
Single quotation mark as digit separator | N3781 | Clang 3.4 |
C++ Sized Deallocation | N3778 | Clang 3.4 (7) |
(7): In Clang 3.7 and later, sized deallocation is only enabled if the user passes the -fsized-deallocation
flag.
The user must supply definitions of the sized deallocation functions, either by providing them explicitly or by using a C++ standard library that does. libstdc++
added these functions in version 5.0, and libc++
added them in version 3.7.
#3: C++17
Language Feature | C++17 Proposal | Available in Clang? |
---|---|---|
static_assert with no message | N3928 | Clang 3.5 |
Disabling trigraph expansion by default | N4086 | Clang 3.5 |
typename in a template template parameter | N4051 | Clang 3.5 |
New auto rules for direct-list-initialization | N3922 | Clang 3.8 (8) |
Fold expressions | N4295 | Clang 3.6 |
P0036R0 | Clang 3.9 | |
u8 character literals | N4267 | Clang 3.6 |
Nested namespace definition | N4230 | Clang 3.6 |
Attributes for namespaces and enumerators | N4266 | Clang 3.6 |
Allow constant evaluation for all non-type template arguments | N4268 | Clang 3.6 |
Remove deprecated register storage class | P0001R1 | Clang 3.8 |
Remove deprecated bool increment | P0002R1 | Clang 3.8 |
Make exception specifications part of the type system | P0012R1 | Clang 4 |
__has_include in preprocessor conditionals | P0061R1 | Yes |
[[fallthrough]] attribute | P0188R1 | Clang 3.9 |
[[nodiscard]] attribute | P0189R1 | Clang 3.9 |
[[maybe_unused]] attribute | P0212R1 | Clang 3.9 |
Aggregate initialization of classes with base classes | P0017R1 | Clang 3.9 |
constexpr lambda expressions | P0170R1 | Clang 5 |
Differing begin and end types in range-based for | P0184R0 | Clang 3.9 |
Lambda capture of *this | P0018R3 | Clang 3.9 |
Direct-list-initialization of enums | P0138R2 | Clang 3.9 |
Hexadecimal floating-point literals | P0245R1 | Yes |
Using attribute namespaces without repetition | P0028R4 | Clang 3.9 |
Dynamic memory allocation for over-aligned data | P0035R4 | Clang 4 |
Template argument deduction for class templates | P0091R3 | Clang 5 |
P0512R0 | ||
P0620R0 (DR) | Clang 7 | |
P0702R1 (DR) | Clang 6 | |
Non-type template parameters with auto type | P0127R2 | Clang 4 |
Guaranteed copy elision | P0135R1 | Clang 4 |
Stricter expression evaluation order | P0145R3 | Clang 4 (9) |
P0400R0 | ||
Requirement to ignore unknown attributes | P0283R2 | Yes |
constexpr if-statements | P0292R2 | Clang 3.9 |
Inline variables | P0386R2 | Clang 3.9 |
Structured bindings | P0217R3 | Clang 4 |
P0961R1 (DR) | SVN | |
P0969R0 (DR) | SVN | |
Separate variable and condition for if and switch | P0305R1 | Clang 3.9 |
Matching template template parameters to compatible arguments | P0522R0 | Partial (10) |
Removing deprecated dynamic exception specifications | P0003R5 | Clang 4 |
Pack expansions in using-declarations | P0195R2 | Clang 4 |
(8): This is a backwards-incompatible change that is applied to all language versions that allow type deduction from auto (per the request of the C++ committee). In Clang 3.7, a warning is emitted for all cases that would change meaning.
(9): Under the MS ABI, function parameters are destroyed from left to right in the callee. As a result, function parameters in calls to operator<<, operator>>, operator->*, operator&&, operator||, and operator,
functions using expression syntax are no longer guaranteed to be destroyed in reverse construction order in that ABI.
(10): Despite being the resolution to a Defect Report, this feature is disabled by default in all language versions, and can be enabled explicitly with the flag -frelaxed-template-template-args in Clang 4 onwards.
The change to the standard lacks a corresponding change for template partial ordering, resulting in ambiguity errors for reasonable and previously-valid code. This issue is expected to be rectified soon.
#4:C++2a
Clang has experimental support for some proposed features of the C++ standard following C++17, provisionally named C++2a. Note that support for these features may change or be removed without notice, as the draft C++2a standard evolves.
You can use Clang in C++2a mode with the -std=c++2a
option.
Language Feature | C++2a Proposal | Available in Clang? |
---|---|---|
Default member initializers for bit-fields | P0683R1 | Clang 6 |
const&-qualified pointers to members | P0704R1 | Clang 6 |
Allow lambda-capture [=, this] | P0409R2 | Clang 6 |
__VA_OPT__ for preprocessor comma elision | P0306R4 | Clang 6 |
P1042R1 | Partial | |
Designated initializers | P0329R4 | Partial (extension) |
template-parameter-list for generic lambdas | P0428R2 | No |
Concepts | P0734R0 | No |
P0857R0 | ||
P1084R2 | ||
P1414R2 | ||
Range-based for statements with initializer | P0614R1 | SVN |
ADL and function templates that are not visible | P0846R0 | No |
const mismatch with defaulted copy constructor | P0641R2 | SVN |
Consistent comparison (operator<=>) | P0515R3 | Partial |
P0905R1 | ||
P1120R0 | ||
Access checking on specializations | P0692R1 | Partial |
Default constructible and assignable stateless lambdas | P0624R2 | SVN |
Lambdas in unevaluated contexts | P0315R4 | No |
[[no_unique_address]] attribute | P0840R2 | No |
[[likely]] and [[unlikely]] attributes | P0479R5 | No |
typename optional in more contexts | P0634R3 | No |
Pack expansion in lambda init-capture | P0780R2 | No |
Class types as non-type template parameters | P0732R2 | No |
Destroying operator delete | P0722R3 | Clang 6 |
Relaxations of constexpr restrictions | P1064R0 | No |
P1002R1 | SVN | |
P1327R1 | No | |
P1330R0 | ||
Prohibit aggregates with user-declared constructors | P1008R1 | SVN |
Contracts | P0542R5 | No |
P1289R1 | ||
Feature test macros | P0941R2 | (see below) |
explicit(bool) | P0892R2 | No |
Signed integers are two's complement | P1236R1 | No |
char8_t | P0482R6 | Clang 7 (11) |
Immediate functions (consteval) | P1073R3 | No |
std::is_constant_evaluated | P0595R2 | No |
Nested inline namespaces | P1094R2 | SVN |
(11): Prior to Clang 8, this feature is not enabled by -std=c++2a, but can be enabled with -fchar8_t.
Defect reports
Clang generally aims to implement resolutions to Defect Reports (bug fixes against prior standards) retroactively, in all prior standard versions where the fix is meaningful. Significant Defect Report changes to language features after the publication of the relevant standard are marked (DR) in the above table.
Clang also has a test suite for conformance to resolutions for issues on the C++ core issues list, most of which are considered Defect Reports. Implementation status for C++ core issues based on that test suite is tracked on a separate page.
Technical specifications and standing documents
ISO C++ also publishes a number of documents describing additional language and library features that are not part of standard C++.
List of features and minimum Clang version with supportDocument | Latest draft | Compiler flag | Available in Clang? |
---|---|---|---|
SD-6: SG10 feature test recommendations | SD-6 | N/A | Clang 3.4 (N3745) |
Clang 3.6 (N4200) | |||
Clang 4 (P0096R3) | |||
Clang 5 (P0096R4) | |||
Clang 7 (P0096R5) | |||
WIP (P1353R0) | |||
[TS] Concepts | P0121R0 | Superseded by P0734R0 | |
[DRAFT TS] Coroutines | N4663 | -fcoroutines-ts -stdlib=libc++ |
Clang 5 |
[TS] Library Fundamentals, Version 1 (invocation type traits) | N4480 | N/A | No |
[TS] Library Fundamentals, Version 2 (source_location) | N4617 | N/A | No |
[TS] Modules | N4720 | -fmodules-ts | WIP |
[DRAFT TS] Reflection | N4746 | No | |
[TS] Transactional Memory | N4514 | No |
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