Get Apple clang version and corresponding upstream LLVM version

Question

I want to understand which version of clang Apple installed in my macbook, to see with c++11 and/or c++14 features are available. I typed this command:

clang         


        

Answer 1

As hinted by pkolbus, you can look at the /src/CMakeLists.txt to guess the corresponding Clang version. For example, Apple Clang 800.0.38 and 800.0.42.1 both seem to based on Clang 3.9.0 according to

if(NOT DEFINED LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR)
  set(LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR 3)
endif()
if(NOT DEFINED LLVM_VERSION_MINOR)
  set(LLVM_VERSION_MINOR 9)
endif()
if(NOT DEFINED LLVM_VERSION_PATCH)
  set(LLVM_VERSION_PATCH 0)
endif()
if(NOT DEFINED LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX)
  set(LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX svn)
endif()