On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 6:55 AM, Jonathan Wakely <[email protected]> wrote: > The SD-6 draft has > > [3.3.6] Example > > This demonstrates a way to use the attribute [[deprecated]] only if it > is available. > > #ifdef __has_cpp_attribute > # if __has_cpp_attribute(deprecated) > # define ATTR_DEPRECATED(msg) [[deprecated(msg)]] > # else > # define ATTR_DEPRECATED(msg) > # endif > #endif > > > > This leaves ATTR_DEPRECATED undefined if the compiler doesn't support > the __has_cpp_attribute macro, is that intended? Unless the idea is > that some other method would be used to decide if it's available, it > should be something like: > > #ifdef __has_cpp_attribute > # if __has_cpp_attribute(deprecated) > # define ATTR_DEPRECATED(msg) [[deprecated(msg)]] > # endif > #endif > #ifndef ATTR_DEPRECATED(msg) > # define ATTR_DEPRECATED(msg) > #endif
I think your modifications would be reasonable, though there are other methods to decide if it's available (such as checking compiler macros). > Would it also be useful to mention that the grammar term > "attribute-token" allows scoped attributes, such as foo::bar, so that > non-standard attributes can be tested the same way? Yes, I think it would be useful. ~Aaron _______________________________________________ Features mailing list [email protected] http://www.open-std.org/mailman/listinfo/features
