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C23 features aren't supported
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Description
Environment
- OS and Version: Ubuntu 22.04
- VS Code Version: 1.76.2
- C/C++ Extension Version: 1.15.0
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Bug Summary and Steps to Reproduce
Bug Summary:
There was an issue (#10615) that allows you to select c23/gnu23 as your compiler version, but the actual new language features are not implemented yet. Obviously this stuff is bleeding edge, but I struggled trying to get it to work and I wanted to submit an issue.
I would be happy to work on adding these features to the C/C++ language server, but I would need to be pointed in the right direction.
Steps to reproduce:
- Set your C standard version to c23 or gnu23
- Open the following code with IntelliSense active
enum TestEnum : short
{
TEST_ENUM_VALUE,
};
void doSomething() {
int * test1 = nullptr;
bool test2 = true; // without #include <stdbool.h>
enum TestEnum test3 = TEST_ENUM_VALUE;
}
-
Verify that these all generate "Problems"

-
Compile with
-std=gnu2xor equivalent, on a very new compiler (I used clang 17) and verify that there are no errors
Expected behavior:
Generate the same errors that clang 17 would, or equivalent
Configuration and Logs
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Linux",
"compilerPath": "/usr/bin/clang-17",
"cStandard": "c23",
"compileCommands": "${workspaceFolder}/build/compile_commands.json"
}
],
"version": 4
}
-------- Diagnostics - 3/17/2023, 1:56:58 AM
Version: 1.15.0
Current Configuration:
{
"name": "Linux",
"compilerPath": "/usr/bin/clang-17",
"cStandard": "c23",
"compileCommands": "WORKSPACE/build/compile_commands.json",
"compilerPathIsExplicit": true,
"cStandardIsExplicit": true,
"cppStandardIsExplicit": false,
"intelliSenseModeIsExplicit": false,
"rawCompilerPath": "/usr/bin/clang-17",
"mergeConfigurations": false,
"browse": {
"limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true
}
}
Translation Unit Mappings:
[ WORKSPACE/src/test.c ]:
WORKSPACE/src/test.c
Translation Unit Configurations:
[ WORKSPACE/src/test.c ]:
Process ID: 3852781
Memory Usage: 544 MB
Compiler Path: /usr/bin/clang-17
Includes:
/usr/lib/llvm-17/lib/clang/17/include
/usr/local/include
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
/usr/include
Standard Version: c23
IntelliSense Mode: linux-clang-x64
Other Flags:
--clang
--clang_version=170000
compile_commands.json entry:
directory: WORKSPACE/build
file: WORKSPACE/src/test.c
command: /usr/bin/clang -g -std=gnu2x -o WORKSPACE/build/src/test.c.o -c WORKSPACE/src/test.c
output: CMakeFiles/slwjson.dir/src/test.c.o
Total Memory Usage: 544 MB
Browse Paths from compile_commands.json, from workspace folder: WORKSPACE
WORKSPACE/src
Other Extensions
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Additional context
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the C/C++ language server's IntelliSense handling for the c23 and gnu23 standards, using the example in WORKSPACE/src/test.c and the supplied clang 17 configuration. Reproduce the reported Problems, then verify that the C23 enum syntax, nullptr, and bool usage are accepted with diagnostics matching clang 17.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- compilers, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100