As discussed on cfe-dev [1], use the using_if_exists Clang attribute when
the compiler supports it. This makes it easier to port libc++ on top of
new platforms that don't fully support the C Standard library.
Previously, libc++ would fail to build when trying to import a missing
declaration in a <cXXXX> header. With the attribute, the declaration will
simply not be imported into namespace std, and hence it won't be available
for libc++ to use. In many cases, the declarations were *not* actually
required for libc++ to work (they were only surfaced for users to use
them as std::XXXX), so not importing them into namespace std is acceptable.
The same thing could be achieved by conscious usage of `#ifdef` along
with platform detection, however that quickly creates a maintenance
problem as libc++ is ported to new platforms. Furthermore, this problem
is exacerbated when mixed with vendor internal-only platforms, which can
lead to difficulties maintaining a downstream fork of the library.
For the time being, we only use the using_if_exists attribute when it
is supported. At some point in the future, we will start removing #ifdef
paths that are unnecessary when the attribute is supported, and folks
who need those #ifdef paths will be required to use a compiler that
supports the attribute.
[1]: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/cfe-dev/2020-June/066038.html
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D90257
to reflect the new license. These used slightly different spellings that
defeated my regular expressions.
We understand that people may be surprised that we're moving the header
entirely to discuss the new license. We checked this carefully with the
Foundation's lawyer and we believe this is the correct approach.
Essentially, all code in the project is now made available by the LLVM
project under our new license, so you will see that the license headers
include that license only. Some of our contributors have contributed
code under our old license, and accordingly, we have retained a copy of
our old license notice in the top-level files in each project and
repository.
llvm-svn: 351648
Louis Dionne