JDK-8310500 : Compile the JDK as C17
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: infrastructure
  • Sub-Component: other
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Open
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Submitted: 2023-06-21
  • Updated: 2024-11-01
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JDK-8314488 - Compile the JDK as C++17
Description
We recently switched to C11 in our build process, however C11 has numerous defects that are fixed in C17 (with no new language features). We should switch to C17 once all our supported compilers are capable of handling the language version to cover all of these defects