# OBJC_STANDARD

Added in version 3.16.

The OBJC standard whose features are requested to build this target.

This property specifies the OBJC standard whose features are requested to build this target. For some compilers, this results in adding a flag such as `-std=gnu11` to the compile line.

Supported values are:

`90`

  Objective C89/C90

`99`

  Objective C99

`11`

  Objective C11

`17`

  Added in version 3.21.

  Objective C17

`23`

  Added in version 3.21.

  Objective C23

If the value requested does not result in a compile flag being added for the compiler in use, a previous standard flag will be added instead. This means that using:

    set_property(TARGET tgt PROPERTY OBJC_STANDARD 11)

with a compiler which does not support `-std=gnu11` or an equivalent flag will not result in an error or warning, but will instead add the `-std=gnu99` or `-std=gnu90` flag if supported. This "decay" behavior may be controlled with the `OBJC_STANDARD_REQUIRED` target property. Additionally, the `OBJC_EXTENSIONS` target property may be used to control whether compiler-specific extensions are enabled on a per-target basis.

If the property is not set, and the project has set the `C_STANDARD`, the value of `C_STANDARD` is set for `OBJC_STANDARD`.

See the `cmake-compile-features(7)` manual for information on compile features and a list of supported compilers.

This property is initialized by the value of the `CMAKE_OBJC_STANDARD` variable if it is set when a target is created.