What's the status of C++17 support in GCC?

As of today, gcc's C++1z language support is tracked on: https://gcc.gnu.org/projects/cxx1z.html. For the C++1z status of libstdc++, see https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/status.html#status.iso.201z.


There is some support already; The following two summaries are oriented on Clang's list:

Supported (as of July 5th, 2015):

  • auto for function parameters is supported since 4.9. This feature is currently considered an extension but is included in the concepts proposal and called "generic functions".
  • trigraphs are being ignored by default since 5.1.0
  • typename for template template parameters since 5.1.0
  • new deduction rules for direct-list-initialization since 5.1.0
  • static_assert without a message in HEAD
  • u8 character literals in HEAD
  • Attributes for namespaces or enumerators in HEAD

Unsupported (as of July 5th, 2015; with links to a valid example usage):

  • Fold expressions
  • Nested namespace definitions
  • Constant evaluation for all non-type template arguments

For the status of implementation of library proposals in libstdc++, the corresponding manual has a list.


Updated final nutshell answer:

  • GCC 8.x (and later) fully supports all of C++17.
  • GCC 7.x supports all of C++17 except for class template argument deduction.
  • GCC 6.x (and earlier) has little or no support for C++17 features.

Thanks @JanVanDijk for the link to the full feature table.

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