Does GCC support C++20 std::format?

Question

If it doesn't, do you know what compiler or version will?

See cppreference/format.

Answer 1

Does gcc support C++20 std::format?

Not yet!

There's no compiler support yet, not even gcc 11. See Text formatting in Library features.

Compiler support for C++20 library features

Answer 2

As of September 2022, NO, GCC 12 doesn't support std::format yet.

MSVC (version 16.10 and above) is the only compiler that fully supports std::format. Clang 14 (with libc++14) also has almost full support for std::format.

Since std::format is based on fmt library, you can use fmt::format until std::format arrives in GCC.

{fmt} library GitHub repo

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See Compiler support here :-

• gcc (libstdc++)
• clang (libc++)
• msvc (vc++)

Answer 3

As of today (5 September 2022), GCC 12.2 does not support this feature. Or rather, its standard library implementation doesn't support it (cause it's a library feature, not the compiler-one).

You can try Clang 14.0.0 and upward for now, but note following:

libc++ of Clang 14.0.0 has std::format support but: "The paper is implemented but still marked as an incomplete feature. Not yet implemented LWG-issues will cause API and ABI breakage" as mentioned here

Also you can try MSVC 16.10 and upward. Support of std::format is mentioned as complete.

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Standard library current status can be seen here:

• GCC: libstdc++

• Clang: libc++

• MSVC: msvcp