This is commonly reported incorrectly as a bug, so call out this behavior explicitly in the documentation.
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ of at-least C++ 11 (or C++ 14, C++ 17, ...), adding flags such as
``-std=gnu++11`` if necessary. This applies to sources within ``mylib``
as well as any dependents (that may include headers from ``mylib``).
+.. include:: ../prop_gbl/CMAKE_LANG_STD_FLAGS.txt
+
Availability of Compiler Extensions
-----------------------------------
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ The features known to this version of CMake are:
.. versionadded:: 3.20
Compiler mode is at least CUDA/C++ 23.
+.. include:: CMAKE_LANG_STD_FLAGS.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ but it does not necessarily imply complete conformance to that standard.
Compiler mode is at least C++ 23.
Low level individual compile features
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ High level meta features indicating C standard support
Compiler mode is at least C 23.
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.. note::
+ If the compiler's default standard level is at least that
+ of the requested feature, CMake may omit the ``-std=`` flag.
+ The flag may still be added if the compiler's default extensions mode
+ does not match the :prop_tgt:`<LANG>_EXTENSIONS` target property,
+ or if the :prop_tgt:`<LANG>_STANDARD` target property is set.