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Expand Up @@ -1753,7 +1753,8 @@ It raises a ``ConanInvalidConfiguration`` when is not supported.
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def configure(self):
tools.check_min_cppstd(self, "17")
if self.settings.compiler.get_safe("cppstd"):
tools.check_min_cppstd(self, "17")

* If the current cppstd does not support C++17, ``check_min_cppstd`` will raise an ``ConanInvalidConfiguration`` error.
* If ``gnu_extensions`` is True, it is required that the applied ``cppstd`` supports the gnu extensions.
Expand All @@ -1765,6 +1766,12 @@ Parameters:
- **cppstd** (Required): C++ standard version which must be supported.
- **gnu_extensions** (Optional): GNU extension is required.

.. warning::

All calls to ``tools.check_min_cppstd`` must be guarded by a check for the setting ``cppstd`` as this setting could absent
in some cases. See `the Conan-Center's FAQ for more details<https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/blob/master/docs/faqs.md#why-is-a-toolscheck_min_cppstd-call-not-enough>`.


.. _tools.valid_min_cppstd:

tools.valid_min_cppstd()
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