https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65473
--- Comment #4 from Louis Dionne <ldionne.2 at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #3) > (In reply to Louis Dionne from comment #2) > > Does the standard specify which headers should define those macros? > > Of course not, __GLIBCXX__ is not specified by the standard at all. The standard _could_ have said something like: Detection macros must be defined when including the "<xxxxx>" header at the very least. >From your comment, I understand it doesn't. > [...] > > But the unhelpful answer is "include anything that includes > <bits/c++config.h>" Thanks, I now include <cstddef>. I still think it would be a nice improvement to include "<whatever your configuration header is>" in <ciso646> and to document that, especially since it is super easy to do. Also, <ciso646> seems well suited for that job since it is said to be empty by the standard, and so this gives us a way to include the least amount of stuff while still getting the detection macros.