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  1. C_STANDARD
  2. ----------
  3. The C standard whose features are requested to build this target.
  4. This property specifies the C standard whose features are requested
  5. to build this target. For some compilers, this results in adding a
  6. flag such as ``-std=gnu11`` to the compile line. For compilers that
  7. have no notion of a standard level, such as Microsoft Visual C++ before
  8. 2015 Update 3, this has no effect.
  9. Supported values are ``90``, ``99`` and ``11``.
  10. If the value requested does not result in a compile flag being added for
  11. the compiler in use, a previous standard flag will be added instead. This
  12. means that using:
  13. .. code-block:: cmake
  14. set_property(TARGET tgt PROPERTY C_STANDARD 11)
  15. with a compiler which does not support ``-std=gnu11`` or an equivalent
  16. flag will not result in an error or warning, but will instead add the
  17. ``-std=gnu99`` or ``-std=gnu90`` flag if supported. This "decay" behavior may
  18. be controlled with the :prop_tgt:`C_STANDARD_REQUIRED` target property.
  19. Additionally, the :prop_tgt:`C_EXTENSIONS` target property may be used to
  20. control whether compiler-specific extensions are enabled on a per-target basis.
  21. See the :manual:`cmake-compile-features(7)` manual for information on
  22. compile features and a list of supported compilers.
  23. This property is initialized by the value of
  24. the :variable:`CMAKE_C_STANDARD` variable if it is set when a target
  25. is created.