On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 at 12:07, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
>
> Any objection to this update to make the docs reflect reality?
Pushed to trunk now.
>
> -- >8 --
>
> The macro-based concept checks are unmaintained and do not support C++11
> or later, so reject valid code. If nobody plans to update them we should
> consider removing them. Alternatively, we could ignore the macro for
> C++11 and later, so they have no effect and don't reject valid code.
>
> libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:
>
> * doc/xml/manual/debug.xml: Document that concept checking might
> be removed in future.
> * doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml: Likewise.
> ---
> libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/debug.xml | 2 ++
> libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml | 18 --
> 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/debug.xml
> b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/debug.xml
> index 42d4d32aa29..7f6d0876fc6 100644
> --- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/debug.xml
> +++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/debug.xml
> @@ -351,6 +351,8 @@
>
> The Compile-Time
>Checks extension has compile-time checks for many algorithms.
> + These checks were designed for C++98 and have not been updated to work
> + with C++11 and later standards. They might be removed at a future date.
>
>
>
> diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml
> b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml
> index d4fe2f509d4..490a50cc331 100644
> --- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml
> +++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml
> @@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ extensions, be aware of two things:
>object file. The checks are also cleaner and easier to read and
>understand.
>
> - They are off by default for all versions of GCC from 3.0 to 3.4 (the
> - latest release at the time of writing).
> + They are off by default for all GCC 3.0 and all later versions.
>They can be enabled at configure time with
> linkend="manual.intro.setup.configure">--enable-concept-checks.
>You can enable them on a per-translation-unit basis with
> @@ -89,10 +88,17 @@ extensions, be aware of two things:
>
>
> Please note that the concept checks only validate the requirements
> - of the old C++03 standard. C++11 was expected to have first-class
> - support for template parameter constraints based on concepts in the core
> - language. This would have obviated the need for the library-simulated
> concept
> - checking described above, but was not part of C++11.
> + of the old C++03 standard and reject some valid code that meets the
> relaxed
> + requirements of C++11 and later standards.
> + C++11 was expected to have first-class support for template parameter
> + constraints based on concepts in the core language.
> + This would have obviated the need for the library-simulated concept
> checking
> + described above, but was not part of C++11.
> + C++20 adds a different model of concepts, which is now used to constrain
> + some new parts of the C++20 library, e.g. the
> + ranges header and the new overloads in the
> + algorithm header for working with ranges.
> + The old library-simulated concept checks might be removed at a future
> date.
>
>
>
> --
> 2.43.2
>