[llvm-dev] A libc in LLVM

[Siva Chandra via llvm-dev]

On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 8:32 AM Aaron Ballman <aaron at aaronballman.com> wrote:
> > llvm-libc is an implementation of the C standard library targeting C11
> > and above.
>
> Any particular reason for C11 as opposed to C17?

Two reasons:
1. The C++17 standard refers to the C11 standard.
2. C11 is sufficiently modern while not closing doors for users
requiring compliance with an "older" standards. That said, we could
choose not to implement certain items removed in the C17 standard. An
obvious example of such a candidate is `gets`.