jfb added a comment.

In https://reviews.llvm.org/D32265#731710, @EricWF wrote:

> In https://reviews.llvm.org/D32265#731709, @jfb wrote:
>
> > Is it a goal to support Microsoft's STL with this? If so, how does MSVC's 
> > STL implement `is_always_lock_free` at the moment? CL 19 2017 RTW doesn't 
> > seem to have anything <https://godbolt.org/g/jQOxlu>? Presumably they'll 
> > have to do *something*.
>
>
> The goal is to allow libc++ to implement`ATOMIC_<TYPE>_LOCK_FREE` on Windows 
> using Clang. As you know libc++ currently uses the `__GCC_ATOMIC_FOO` macros, 
> but those aren't available on Windows.


OK so it's just a hygiene question of blanket-avoiding `__GCC_*` macros in 
clang-ms mode, but using `__CLANG_*` macros are OK? That sounds fine then. 
Would you all-out switch libc++ to use `__CLANG_*` then?

> Also AFAIK MSVC leaves the implementation of atomics up to the library, not 
> the frontend. So W/E MSVC's STL does it's likely not sane or desirable.

Wait what? How does that even work? This calls for a Twitter ping of Billy!


https://reviews.llvm.org/D32265



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