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Diffstat (limited to 'absl/base/attributes.h')
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1 files changed, 46 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/absl/base/attributes.h b/absl/base/attributes.h index a7f279a0..61b79f45 100644 --- a/absl/base/attributes.h +++ b/absl/base/attributes.h @@ -747,9 +747,52 @@ #define ABSL_CONST_INIT #endif -// These annotations are not available yet due to fear of breaking code. -#define ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE_FUNCTION -#define ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_CONST_FUNCTION +// ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE_FUNCTION +// +// ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE_FUNCTION is used to annotate declarations of "pure" +// functions. A function is pure if its return value is only a function of its +// arguments. The pure attribute prohibits a function from modifying the state +// of the program that is observable by means other than inspecting the +// function's return value. Declaring such functions with the pure attribute +// allows the compiler to avoid emitting some calls in repeated invocations of +// the function with the same argument values. +// +// Example: +// +// ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE_FUNCTION std::string FormatTime(Time t); +#if ABSL_HAVE_CPP_ATTRIBUTE(gnu::pure) +#define ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE_FUNCTION [[gnu::pure]] +#elif ABSL_HAVE_ATTRIBUTE(pure) +#define ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE_FUNCTION __attribute__((pure)) +#else +// If the attribute isn't defined, we'll fallback to ABSL_MUST_USE_RESULT since +// pure functions are useless if its return is ignored. +#define ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE_FUNCTION ABSL_MUST_USE_RESULT +#endif + +// ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_CONST_FUNCTION +// +// ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_CONST_FUNCTION is used to annotate declarations of "const" +// functions. A const function is similar to a pure function, with one +// exception: Pure functions may return value that depend on a non-volatile +// object that isn't provided as a function argument, while the const function +// is guaranteed to return the same result given the same arguments. +// +// Example: +// +// ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_CONST_FUNCTION int64_t ToInt64Milliseconds(Duration d); +#if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__clang__) +// Put the MSVC case first since MSVC seems to parse const as a C++ keyword. +#define ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_CONST_FUNCTION ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE_FUNCTION +#elif ABSL_HAVE_CPP_ATTRIBUTE(gnu::const) +#define ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_CONST_FUNCTION [[gnu::const]] +#elif ABSL_HAVE_ATTRIBUTE(const) +#define ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_CONST_FUNCTION __attribute__((const)) +#else +// Since const functions are more restrictive pure function, we'll fallback to a +// pure function if the const attribute is not handled. +#define ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_CONST_FUNCTION ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_PURE_FUNCTION +#endif // ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_LIFETIME_BOUND indicates that a resource owned by a function // parameter or implicit object parameter is retained by the return value of the |