Summary:
This patch make G++03 explicitly unsupported with libc++, as discussed on the mailing lists.
Below is the rational for this decision.
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libc++ claims to support GCC with C++03 ("G++03"), and this is a problem for our users.
Our C++03 users are all using Clang. They must be. Less than 9% of the C++03 tests pass with GCC [1][2]. No non-trivial C++ program could work.
Attempting to support G++03 impacts our QoI considerably. Unlike Clang, G++03 offers almost no C++11 extensions. If we could remove all the fallbacks for G++03, it would mean libc++ could::
* Improve Correctness:
Every `#ifdef _LIBCPP_HAS_NO_<C++11-feature>` is a bug manifest. It exists to admit for deviant semantics.
* Achieve ABI stability between C++03 and C++11
Differences between our C++03 and C++Rest branches contain ABI bugs. For example `std::nullptr_t` and `std::function::operator()(...)` are currently incompatible between C++11 and C++03, but could be fixed.
* Decrease Compile Times and Memory Usage:
Writing efficient SFINAE requires C++11. Using alias templates, libc++ could reduce the number of instantiations it produces substantially.
* Decrease Binary Size
Similar to the last point, G++03 forces metaprogramming techniques that emit more debug information [3] [4]. Compared to libstdc++, debug information size increases of +10% are not uncommon.
Reviewers: ldionne, mclow.lists, EricWF
Reviewed By: ldionne, EricWF
Subscribers: zoecarver, aprantl, dexonsmith, arphaman, libcxx-commits, #libc
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D63154
llvm-svn: 363219
As we gear up to drop support for GCC in C++03, we should make clear
what our C++03 mode is, the C++11 extensions it provides,
and the C++11 extensions it depends on.
The section of this document discussing user-facing extensions has
been left blank while the community discusses new directions. For now
it's just a warning to users.
Additionally, the document contains examples of how these extensions
should be used and why. For example, using alias templates over class
templates.
llvm-svn: 363110
Summary:
Following the discussion on the libcxx-dev mailing list
(http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/libcxx-dev/2019-May/000358.html),
this implements the new policy for handling experimental features and
their deprecation. We basically add a deprecation warning for
std::experimental::filesystem, and we remove a bunch of <experimental/*>
headers that were now empty.
Reviewers: mclow.lists, EricWF
Subscribers: mgorny, christof, jkorous, dexonsmith, arphaman, libcxx-commits, jfb
Tags: #libc
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D62428
llvm-svn: 363072
Summary:
This updates all places in documentation that refer to "Mac OS X", "OS X", etc.
to instead use the modern name "macOS" when no specific version number is
mentioned.
If a specific version is mentioned, this attempts to use the OS name at the time
of that version:
* Mac OS X for 10.0 - 10.7
* OS X for 10.8 - 10.11
* macOS for 10.12 - present
Reviewers: JDevlieghere
Subscribers: mgorny, christof, arphaman, cfe-commits, lldb-commits, libcxx-commits, llvm-commits
Tags: #clang, #lldb, #libc, #llvm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D62654
llvm-svn: 362113
Summary:
This change allows specifying the version of libc++abi's ABI to re-export
when configuring CMake. It also clearly identifies which ABI version of
libc++abi each export file contains.
Finally, it removes hardcoded knowledge about the 10.9 SDK for MacOS,
since that knowledge is not relevant anymore. Indeed, libc++ can't be
built with the toolchain that came with the 10.9 SDK anyway because
the version of Clang it includes is too old (for example if you want
to build a working libc++.dylib, you need bugfixes to visibility
attributes that are only in recent Clangs).
Reviewers: dexonsmith, EricWF
Subscribers: mgorny, christof, jkorous, arphaman, libcxx-commits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D59489
llvm-svn: 356587
This fixes most references to the paths:
llvm.org/svn/
llvm.org/git/
llvm.org/viewvc/
github.com/llvm-mirror/
github.com/llvm-project/
reviews.llvm.org/diffusion/
to instead point to https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.
This is *not* a trivial substitution, because additionally, all the
checkout instructions had to be migrated to instruct users on how to
use the monorepo layout, setting LLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS instead of
checking out various projects into various subdirectories.
I've attempted to not change any scripts here, only documentation. The
scripts will have to be addressed separately.
Additionally, I've deleted one document which appeared to be outdated
and unneeded:
lldb/docs/building-with-debug-llvm.txt
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D57330
llvm-svn: 352514
Summary:
This patch implements all the feature test macros libc++ currently supports, as specified by the standard or cppreference prior to C++2a.
The tests and `<version>` header are generated using a script. The script contains a table of each feature test macro, the headers it should be accessible from, and its values of each dialect of C++.
When a new feature test macro is added or needed, the table should be updated and the script re-run.
Reviewers: mclow.lists, jfb, serge-sans-paille
Reviewed By: mclow.lists
Subscribers: arphaman, jfb, ldionne, libcxx-commits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D56750
llvm-svn: 351286
We recently added libcxx-dev and libcxx-commits mailing lists.
This patch updates the libc++ documentation to correctly reference
the libc++ lists instead of the old Clang ones.
llvm-svn: 342816
In upcoming changes to filesystem I plan to change file_time_type
to use __int128_t as its underlying representation, in order
to allow it to have a range and resolution at least that of
the timespec struct.
There was some pushback against this decision, so I drafted
a document explaining the problems, potential solutions, and
the rational for the decision.
However, it's probably easier to let people read the generated
HTML rather than the raw restructured text. For this reason
I'm commiting the design documents before hand, so they can
be available during any subsequent discussion or code review.
llvm-svn: 337880
Libc++ is used as a system library on macOS and iOS (amongst others). In order
for users to be able to compile a binary that is intended to be deployed to an
older version of the platform, clang provides the
availability attribute <https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#availability>_
that can be placed on declarations to describe the lifecycle of a symbol in the
library.
See docs/DesignDocs/AvailabilityMarkup.rst for more information.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D31739
llvm-svn: 302172
Summary:
This patch attempts to clean up the macro configuration mess in `<__threading_support>`, specifically the mess involving external threading variants. Additionally this patch adds design documentation for `<__threading_support>` and the configuration macros it uses.
The primary change in this patch is separating the idea of an "external API" provided by `<__external_threading>` and the idea of having an external threading library. Now `_LIBCPP_HAS_THREAD_API_EXTERNAL` means that libc++ should use `<__external_threading>` and that the header is expected to exist. Additionally the new macro `_LIBCPP_HAS_THREAD_LIBRARY_EXTERNAL` is now used to configure for using an "external library" with the default threading API.
Reviewers: compnerd, rmaprath
Subscribers: smeenai, cfe-commits, mgorny
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D28316
llvm-svn: 291275
This patch implements changes to allow _LIBCPP_ASSERT to throw on failure
instead of aborting. The main changes needed to do this are:
1. Change _LIBCPP_ASSERT to call a handler via a replacable function pointer
instead of calling abort directly. Additionally this patch implements two
handler functions, one which aborts and another that throws an exception.
2. Add _NOEXCEPT_DEBUG macro for disabling noexcept spec on function which
contain _LIBCPP_ASSERT. This is required in order to prevent assertion
failures throwing through a noexcept function. This macro has no effect
unless _LIBCPP_DEBUG_USE_EXCEPTIONS is defined.
Having a non-aborting _LIBCPP_ASSERT is very important to allow sane testing of
debug mode. Currently we can only have one test case per file, since the test
case will cause the program to abort. Testing debug mode this way would require
thousands of test files, most of which would be 95% boiler plate. I don't think
this is a feasible strategy. Fortunately using a throwing debug handler solves
these issues.
Additionally this patch rewrites the documentation for debug mode.
llvm-svn: 290651
Summary:
This patch fixes a number of problems with the visibility macros across GCC (on Unix) and Windows (DLL import/export semantics). All of the visibility macros are now documented under `DesignDocs/VisibilityMacros.rst`. Now I'll no longer forget the subtleties of each!
This patch adds two new visibility macros:
* `_LIBCPP_ENUM_VIS` for controlling the typeinfo of enum types. Only Clang supports this.
* `_LIBCPP_EXTERN_TEMPLATE_TYPE_VIS` for redefining visibility on explicit instantiation declarations. Clang and Windows require this.
After applying this patch GCC only emits one -Wattribute warning opposed to 30+.
Reviewers: mclow.lists, EricWF
Subscribers: beanz, mgorny, cfe-commits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D24602
llvm-svn: 281673
Summary:
Hi all,
This patch is a successor to D11963. However it has changed dramatically and I felt it would be best to start a new review thread.
Please read the design documentation added in this patch for a description of how it works.
Reviewers: mclow.lists, danalbert, jroelofs, EricWF
Subscribers: vkalintiris, rnk, ed, espositofulvio, asl, eugenis, cfe-commits
Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D13407
llvm-svn: 250235
Summary:
This patch adds Sphinx based documentation to libc++. The goal is to make it easier to write documentation for libc++ since writing new documentation in HTML is cumbersome. This patch rewrites the main page for libc++ along with the instructions for using, building and testing libc++.
The built documentation can be found and reviewed here: http://efcs.ca/libcxx-docs
In order to build the sphinx documentation you need to specify the cmake options `-DLLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX=ON -DLIBCXX_INCLUDE_DOCS=ON`. This will add the makefile rule `docs-libcxx-html`.
Reviewers: chandlerc, mclow.lists, danalbert, jroelofs
Subscribers: silvas, cfe-commits
Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D12129
llvm-svn: 245788
Eric Fiselier