/* Macros for declaring functions as non-returning. Copyright (C) 2017-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see . */ /* Written by Paul Eggert and Bruno Haible. */ #ifndef _NORETURN_H #define _NORETURN_H 1 /* A "non-returning" function is a function which cannot return normally. It can transfer control only through longjmp(), throw (in C++), or similar mechanisms. This file defines two macros _GL_NORETURN_FUNC and _GL_NORETURN_FUNCPTR, that declare a function to be non-returning. _GL_NORETURN_FUNC is for use in function declarations and function definitions. _GL_NORETURN_FUNCPTR is for use on function pointers. Comparison of this file with : defines a macro (or keyword) _Noreturn that declares a function to be non-returning. _Noreturn is only for use in function declarations and function definitions. Therefore, if the non-returning functions you have to declare are unlikely to be accessed through function pointers, and if the efficiency with C++ compilers other than g++, clang, MSVC++ is not an issue to you, you can use module 'stdnoreturn' instead of this one, and _Noreturn instead of _GL_NORETURN_FUNC. */ /* Declares that a function is nonreturning. Use in C only code: _GL_NORETURN_FUNC extern void func (void); extern _GL_NORETURN_FUNC void func (void); extern void _GL_NORETURN_FUNC func (void); Use in C++ only code for a function with C linkage: extern "C" { _GL_NORETURN_FUNC void func (void); } Use in C++ only code for a function with C++ linkage: _GL_NORETURN_FUNC extern void func (void); Use in C & C++ code for a function with C linkage: #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif _GL_NORETURN_FUNC void func (void); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif Use in C & C++ code for a function with current language linkage: _GL_NORETURN_FUNC extern void func (void); */ #if (3 <= __GNUC__ || (__GNUC__ == 2 && 8 <= __GNUC_MINOR__)) \ || defined __clang__ \ || (0x5110 <= __SUNPRO_C) /* For compatibility with _GL_NORETURN_FUNCPTR on clang, use __attribute__((__noreturn__)), not _Noreturn. */ # define _GL_NORETURN_FUNC __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) #elif 1200 <= _MSC_VER /* Use MSVC specific syntax. */ # define _GL_NORETURN_FUNC __declspec (noreturn) #elif defined __cplusplus /* Use ISO C++11 syntax when the compiler supports it. */ # if (__cplusplus >= 201103 && !(__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 7)) \ || (_MSC_VER >= 1900) # define _GL_NORETURN_FUNC [[noreturn]] /* clang++ supports the _Noreturn keyword, but g++ doesn't. */ # elif defined __clang__ # define _GL_NORETURN_FUNC _Noreturn # else # define _GL_NORETURN_FUNC /* empty */ # endif #else /* Use ISO C11 syntax when the compiler supports it. */ # if __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 7) # define _GL_NORETURN_FUNC _Noreturn # else # define _GL_NORETURN_FUNC /* empty */ # endif #endif /* Declares that a function is nonreturning. Use in types and declarations that involve function pointers: _GL_NORETURN_FUNCPTR void (*funcptr) (void); */ #if (3 <= __GNUC__ || (__GNUC__ == 2 && 8 <= __GNUC_MINOR__)) \ || defined __clang__ \ || (0x5110 <= __SUNPRO_C) # define _GL_NORETURN_FUNCPTR __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) #else # define _GL_NORETURN_FUNCPTR /* empty */ #endif /* Comments about the compiler dependent language features: - '_Noreturn' - standardized by ISO C11, available in C only (not in C++), and not applicable to pointers. - '[[noreturn]]' - standardized by ISO C++11, available in C++ only, and not applicable to pointers. - '__attribute__((__noreturn__))' - available in GCC and clang only, both in C and C++. - '__declspec(noreturn)' - available in MSVC only, both in C and C++, not applicable to pointers. */ #endif /* _NORETURN_H */