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#ifndef __BASE_COMPILER_HH__
#define __BASE_COMPILER_HH__
 
#include <memory>
 
// http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Attributes.html
 
 
/*
 * Attributes that become standard in later versions of c++.
 */
 
// Use M5_FALLTHROUGH to mark when you're intentionally falling through from
// one case to another in a switch statement.
#if __has_cpp_attribute(fallthrough) // Standard in c++17.
#  define M5_FALLTHROUGH [[fallthrough]]
#else
// Not supported, so it's not necessary to avoid warnings.
#  define M5_FALLTHROUGH
#endif
 
// When the return value of a function should not be discarded, mark it with
// M5_NODISCARD.
#if __has_cpp_attribute(nodiscard) // Standard in c++17, with message in c++20.
#  define M5_NODISCARD [[nodiscard]]
#else
// Not supported, but it's optional so we can just omit it.
#  define M5_NODISCARD
#endif
 
// When a variable may purposefully not be used, for instance if it's only used
// in debug statements which might be disabled, mark it with M5_VAR_USED.
#if __has_cpp_attribute(maybe_unused) // Standard in c++17.
#  define M5_VAR_USED [[maybe_unused]]
#elif defined(__GNUC__)
// gcc and clang support a custom attribute which is essentially the same
// thing.
#  define M5_VAR_USED [[gnu::unused]]
#else
#  error "Don't know what to do for your compiler."
#endif
 
 
/*
 * Compiler specific features.
 */
 
#if defined(__GNUC__) // clang or gcc.
// Mark a structure as packed, so that no padding is added to its layout. This
// padding might be added to, for instance, ensure certain fields have certain
// alignment.
#  define M5_ATTR_PACKED [[gnu::packed]]
 
// Prevent a function from being inlined.
#  define M5_NO_INLINE [[gnu::noinline]]
 
// Set the visibility of a symbol.
#  define M5_PUBLIC [[gnu:visibility("default")]]
#  define M5_LOCAL [[gnu::visibility("hidden")]]
#  define M5_WEAK [[gnu::weak]]
 
// Force an alignment for a variable.
#  define M5_ALIGNED(alignment) [[gnu::aligned(alignment)]]
 
// Marker for what should be an unreachable point in the code.
#  define M5_UNREACHABLE __builtin_unreachable()
 
// To mark a branch condition as likely taken, wrap it's condition with
// M5_LIKELY. To mark it as likely not taken, wrap it's condition with
// M5_UNLIKELY. These can be replaced with the standard attributes [[likely]]
// and [[unlikely]] in c++20, although the syntax is different enough that
// we can't do that with direct substitution.
#  define M5_LIKELY(cond) __builtin_expect(!!(cond), 1)
#  define M5_UNLIKELY(cond) __builtin_expect(!!(cond), 0)
#else
#  error "Don't know what to do for your compiler."
#endif
 
// When a member variable may be unused, mark it with M5_CLASS_VAR_USED. This
// needs to be limitted to clang only since clang warns on these unused
// variables, and g++ will actually warn if you use this attribute since it
// won't do anything there.
#if defined(__clang__) // clang only.
#  define M5_CLASS_VAR_USED M5_VAR_USED
#else
#  define M5_CLASS_VAR_USED
#endif
 
#endif // __BASE_COMPILER_HH__