I want to use the C++17 std::optional but it seems to be absent in clang:
> cat test.cxx
#include <optional>
int main(int, char **) {
return 0;
}
> $CXX --version | head -n1
clang version 6.0.0 (trunk 317775)
> $CXX -std=c++17 test.cxx
test.cxx:1:10: fatal error: 'optional' file not found
#include <optional>
^~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
As you can see I am using a rather new version of clang and, as far as I know, clang 6 should have complete C++17 support. On first glance it looks like this is an clang issue, especially because including <experimental/optional> works fine, but maybe it is me who is missing something. Do you have any ideas?
Thanks
As pointed out in the comments, Clang is probably using the system's libstdc++ headers by default, and your system's libstdc++ is too old to have C++17 support.
Either install a newer GCC (which comes with a newer libstdc++) and then tell Clang how to find it using the --gcc-toolchain=/path/to/new/gcc option, or install libc++ alongside Clang and tell it to use libc++ with the -stdlib=libc++ option.
If you choose to install a newer libstdc++ then you will need at least GCC 7.1, which was the first to provide <optional>.
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I can't compile with -std=c++17, I got :
error: invalid value 'c++17' in '-std=c++17'
However I update Xcode and clang.
My Clang version is:
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.39.2)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin16.7.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin`
And I load the newest header like optional, I have to do
#include <experimental/optional>
instead of
#include <optional>
Xcode brings its own complete toolchain, including headers and the actual compiler.
Apple LLVM version 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.39.2) (which ships with Xcode 9.2) does not support the usage of the flag -std=c++17 since its too old. The optional header is only included under the folder experimental/. Which is why you need to #include <experimental/optional>
In order to compile your program with c++17 support using the compiler which comes with Xcode 9.2 you need to use the -std=c++1z flag.
Xcode 9.3 will be shipped with Apple LLVM version 9.1.0 (clang-902.0.30) which has support for the -std=c++17 flag. However the optional header is as of today still under the experimental/ subdirectory. This might change during the betas.
Here is what I get with this tests:
#include <experimental/optional>
int main(int, char* []) {
return 0;
}
g++ -std=c++17 -o test test.cpp
error: invalid value 'c++17' in '-std=c++17'
g++ -std=c++1z -o test test.cpp
Did you try the c++1z argument?
Also of note my test compiles without the -std=c++1z argument provided.
I think I'm on a newer version of OSX than you:
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin17.4.0
You should use -std=c++1z as flag.
libc++ with c++17 support since macos 15
-std=c++1z also works on Apple LLVM version 8.1.0 (clang-802.0.42)
I have an issue when compiling a simple Hello file with an empty function taking initializer_list argument when using both -stdlib=libstdc++ and -std=c++11
If I use only -std=c++11 (which means compiling with libc++)
then the file compiles and prints Hello!
If I comment function_test and I use both -std=c++11 and -stdlib=libstdc++
then the file compiles and prints Hello!
If I keep the function function_test and I use both -std=c++11 and -stdlib=libstdc++
then I get the following error:
$ g++ -stdlib=libstdc++ -std=c++11 -o test test.cpp
test.cpp:1:10: fatal error: 'initializer_list' file not found
#include <initializer_list>
^
1 error generated.
Here is my file
#include <initializer_list>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void function_test(initializer_list<int> something){}
int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
cout << "Hello!" << endl;
function_test({0});
return 0;
}
Here is my apple clang version
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 7.0.2 (clang-700.1.81)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin15.3.0
Thread model: posix
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
^^^^^^^
Notice the "4.2". Your libstdc++ is way to old for C++11. Upgrade it to some 5.x version for full C++11 support.
I found out that upgrading to a newer version of libstdc++ is just not possible with apple-llvm(clang). So using some features of C++11 with libstdc++ is not possible. The reason is this one:
Mainline libstdc++ has switched to GPL3, a license which the
developers of libc++ cannot use. libstdc++ 4.2 (the last GPL2 version)
could be independently extended to support C++11, but this would be a
fork of the codebase (which is often seen as worse for a project than
starting a new independent one). Another problem with libstdc++ is
that it is tightly integrated with G++ development, tending to be tied
fairly closely to the matching version of G++.
source:
http://libcxx.llvm.org/docs/
Thanks to all the answers/comments that helped me reach the answer.
I want to replace gcc with clang (3.3) to build my C++11 code, so I should use clang's option -stdlib=libstdc++ (to make it see STL headers). The option works: clang see headers like string, but can't find c++11 headers (type_traits) because clang searches in 4.2 directories:
clang++ -stdlib=libstdc++ -E -x c++ - -v < /dev/null
...
/usr/include/c++/4.2
/usr/include/c++/4.2/backward
/usr/include/clang/3.3
/usr/include
...
How to make it look at never versions of GCC's headers?
As far as I understand, only libc++ (not libstdc++) is supported by clang for C++11 so the only way it so install libc++?
Either uninstall gcc 4.2 or use the --gcc-toolchain=<value> option.
--gcc-toolchain=<value> Use the gcc toolchain at the given directory
For example: clang++ --gcc-toolchain=/usr/local/... -stdlib=libstdc++ ...
As far as I understand, only libc++ (not libstdc++) is supported by clang for C++11 so the only way it so install libc++?
Both C++ standard libraries are supported.
This is the first time I use clang. What I notices is that any error from clang referencing the std library looks like this:
/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../include/c++/4.8/ostream:245:7:
^^^ ^^^ ^^^
So it looks like clang links — or at least includes — the gcc libraries.
The command I used: clang++ -c -Wall -Wextra -Werror -g test.cpp -o test.o. (The program had a intentional error just to prove this).
How is this possible? What can I do to make clang use its own libraries (but not break gcc)?
Additional information:
I am on a Ubuntu 14.04 machine.
clang++ --version
Ubuntu clang version 3.5-1ubuntu1 (trunk) (based on LLVM 3.5)
Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
g++ --version
g++ (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) 4.8.2
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
I had previously installed several versions (at the same time, used them with update-alternatives) of gcc with apt-get. Right now I have only 4.8 (I have uninstalled the others). Could I have messed up something then? I have never installed clang (I guess it is default with Ubuntu).
Just to clarify: the correct programs compile and run in clang++.
Further tests: I know that gcc didn’t implement yet types like is_trivially_constructible and move operations on iostream in their standard c++11 library (https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/status.html) and that clang has full c++11 conforming library so I tested those compiling with clang and I got the corresponding gcc errors, which only confirms that clang is using gcc libraries.
A very basic program
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
cout << "Yada Yada" << endl;
return 0;
}
gives this error when compiling with -std=c++1y in clang++:
In file included from /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../include/c++/4.8/iostream:39:
...
/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../include/c++/4.8/cstdio:120:11: error: no member named 'gets' in the global namespace
using ::gets;
~~^
So right now I can’t compile anything with c++1y in clang.
You need to install libc++ and make clang use it with -stdlib=libc++
I had similar issue: GCC (g++) already was installed on my LinuxMint (Ubuntu base) so when compile with clang, was getting an " error: no member named 'gets' in the global namespace using ::gets ".
resolved by installing libc++-dev (sudo apt-get install libc++-dev) and compiling with -stdlib++ (clang++ -g -std=c++1y -stdlib=libc++ helloworld.cpp -o helloworld)
Your real problem is that you're using C++14 (c++1y was the informal name used to refer to it when it wasn't yet fully formed), with a C++ library belonging to GCC 4.8. GCC 4.8 has complete C++11 support, but hardly even started on C++14 features.
This is caused by C++14 removing std::gets, and the GNU C library anticipating on that by not defining gets in the global namespace while the C++ library has not yet caught up and is trying to make it available in the std namespace.
The proper way to solve this does not require using libc++, just to use a C++ library with C++14 support. GLIBCXX 4.9 (aka libstdc++) already suffices.
clang++-mp-X.Y seems to trip up when told to use libc++
clang++-mp-X.Y -std=c++0x -std=libc++ SOME_SOURCE_FILE
Often generates errors which I do not see when using
clang++- -std=c++0x -std=libc++ SOME_SOURCE_FILE
I'm guessing that the system libc++ and system clang (XCode 4.2.1) are made for each other. How can I get macports's clang to use a version of libc++ that it will work with?
From libc++:
To use your tip-of-trunk libc++ on Mac OS with clang you can:
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=<path-to-libcxx>/lib
clang++ -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ -nostdinc++ -I<path-to-libcxx>/include -L<path-to-libcxx>/lib test.cpp