Will Zig 0.16 include LLVM 22?

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Gidday,

I understand that Zig by default updates to the latest LLVM release with each new minor version. However, I’m looking for confirmation that this will be the case for 0.16. The tracking issue for LLVM 22 is on github and as such has not seen updates since the Codeberg switch, and despite searching, I haven’t found a concrete answer on whether LLVM 22 is a guaranteed part of the 0.16 update.

I’d very much like to switch to Zig as the build system for my C game engine and games, but I use Clang 22 for the defer-ts (and other features) so I’m currently using cmake. I’ve used Zig as a C build system on a few projects and would greatly like to leverage it for a few specific benefits, but Clang 22 is an absolute requirement for me.

Cheers,

Nick.

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0.16 will be llvm 21. See #compiler > general chat @ :speech_balloon:

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I just saw a message on the Forum posted by the PR bot that says Zig 17 will be mostly the switch to LLVM 22 (and a short release cycle). So the answer would appear to be no.

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I see, thanks rpkak and pachde! Looks like I’ll be waiting for 0.17 then.