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[Bug c++/79433] __has_include reports wrong result for std headers that #error on __cplusplus
- From: "marc.mutz at kdab dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 07:45:32 +0000
- Subject: [Bug c++/79433] __has_include reports wrong result for std headers that #error on __cplusplus
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- References: <bug-79433-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79433
Marc Mutz <marc.mutz at kdab dot com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|RESOLVED |UNCONFIRMED
Resolution|INVALID |---
--- Comment #9 from Marc Mutz <marc.mutz at kdab dot com> ---
__has_include these days is defined by SD-6, and while not spelled out in
normative text, the intent is very much for it to be able to detect presence of
a header for inclusion. Quoting from
https://isocpp.org/std/standing-documents/sd-6-sg10-feature-test-recommendations:
This demonstrates a way to use a library optional facility only if it is
available.
#ifdef __has_include
# if __has_include(<optional>)
# include <optional>
# define have_optional 1
# elif __has_include(<experimental/optional>)
# include <experimental/optional>
# define have_optional 1
# define experimental_optional
# else
# define have_optional 0
# endif
#endif
So, IMHO, you do have a bug here, because this example does not work as
intended by its defining norm.
Absent any proof to the contrary, I believe that in order to conform to SD-6,
you have to move such headers under a c++1{1,4,z}/ subdir which only gets added
to the include path if the resp. -std is in effect. This will make the example
from SD-6 work, as well as enabling the use-case Jonathan mentioned in the IRC
log.
Note that removing the #error from the header files, so they can at least be
included, if present, and a corresponding __cpp_lib macro can be evaluated is
still not conforming to SD-6, since the example assumes that availability of
the header implies usability without further checks, making __cpp_lib macros
useful for versioning