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1.. _module-pw_polyfill:
2
3===========
4pw_polyfill
5===========
6The ``pw_polyfill`` module supports compiling code against different C++
7standards.
8
9--------------------------------------------------
10Adapt code to compile with different C++ standards
11--------------------------------------------------
12
13C++ standard macro
14==================
15``pw_polyfill/standard.h`` provides macros for checking if a C++ or C standard
16is supported.
17
18.. doxygendefine:: PW_CXX_STANDARD_IS_SUPPORTED
19.. doxygendefine:: PW_C_STANDARD_IS_SUPPORTED
20
21Language feature macros
22=======================
23``pw_polyfill/language_feature_macros.h`` provides macros for adapting code to
24work with or without C++ language features.
25
26.. list-table::
27  :header-rows: 1
28
29  * - Macro
30    - Feature
31    - Description
32    - Feature test macro
33  * - ``PW_CONSTEXPR_CPP20``
34    - ``constexpr``
35    - ``constexpr`` if compiling for C++20
36    - ``__cplusplus >= 202002L``
37  * - ``PW_CONSTEVAL``
38    - ``consteval``
39    - ``consteval`` if supported by the compiler
40    - ``__cpp_consteval``
41  * - ``PW_CONSTINIT``
42    - ``constinit``
43    - ``constinit`` in clang and GCC 10+
44    - ``__cpp_constinit``
45
46In GN, Bazel, or CMake, depend on ``$dir_pw_polyfill``, ``//pw_polyfill``,
47or ``pw_polyfill``, respectively, to access these features. In other build
48systems, add ``pw_polyfill/public`` as an include path.
49
50------------------------------------------------
51Backport new C++ features to older C++ standards
52------------------------------------------------
53Pigweed backports a few C++ features to older C++ standards. These features are
54provided in the ``pw`` namespace. If the features are provided by the toolchain,
55the ``pw`` versions are aliases of the ``std`` versions.
56
57List of backported features
58===========================
59
60These features are documented here, but are not implemented in ``pw_polyfill``.
61See the listed Pigweed module for more information on each feature.
62
63.. list-table::
64  :header-rows: 1
65
66  * - Header
67    - Feature
68    - Pigweed module and header
69    - Polyfill name
70  * - ``<array>``
71    - ``std::to_array``
72    - :ref:`module-pw_containers`/to_array.h
73    - ``pw::containers::to_array``
74  * - ``<bit>``
75    - ``std::endian``
76    - :ref:`module-pw_bytes`/bit.h
77    - ``pw::endian``
78  * - ``<expected>``
79    - ``std::expected``
80    - :ref:`module-pw_result`/expected.h
81    - ``pw::expected``
82  * - ``<span>``
83    - ``std::span``
84    - :ref:`module-pw_span`/span.h
85    - ``pw::span``
86
87------------------------------------------------
88Adapt code to compile with different C standards
89------------------------------------------------
90
91.. _module-pw_polyfill-static_assert:
92
93static_assert
94=============
95
96``pw_polyfill/static_assert.h`` provides C23-style ``static_assert`` for older
97C standards. As in C23, the message argument is optional.
98
99.. literalinclude:: c_test.c
100   :start-after: [static_assert-example]
101   :end-before: [static_assert-example]
102   :language: c
103
104.. tip::
105
106   Use ``pw_polyfill/static_assert.h`` rather than ``<assert.h>`` to provide
107   ``static_assert`` in C. ``<assert.h>`` provides a ``#define static_assert
108   _Static_assert`` macro prior to C23, but its ``static_assert`` does not
109   support C23 semantics (optional message argument), and it defines the
110   unwanted ``assert`` macro.
111
112------
113Zephyr
114------
115To enable ``pw_polyfill`` for Zephyr add ``CONFIG_PIGWEED_POLYFILL=y`` to the
116project's configuration.
117