<div dir="ltr">"__builtin_strlen" works with GCC 7.x and up and clang 6.x and up. Here is a Godbolt: <a href="https://godbolt.org/z/G9NpAX">https://godbolt.org/z/G9NpAX</a><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 1:50 PM Yan Yichen via libcxx-dev <<a href="mailto:libcxx-dev@lists.llvm.org">libcxx-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">I got a little bit confused trying to get a repro of __builtin_strlen in libc++ with gcc.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">At least the behavior of __builtin_strlen is different in clang and gcc.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">This passed<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">g++ -o /dev/null -std=c++17 --compile test2.cc<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">while this failed<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">clang++ -o /dev/null -std=c++17 --compile test2.cc<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">with error messages:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">test2.cc:6:19: error: static_assert expression is not an integral constant expression<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> static_assert(!test(s));<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> ^~~~~~~~<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">test2.cc:3:12: note: read of non-constexpr variable 's' is not allowed in a constant expression<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> return __builtin_strlen(s);<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> ^<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">test2.cc:6:20: note: in call to 'test(&s[0])'<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> static_assert(!test(s));<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> ^<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">1 error generated.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">For one same file:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">const char s[] = "";<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">constexpr int test(const char* s) {<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> return __builtin_strlen(s);<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">}<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">constexpr void __main() {<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> static_assert(!test(s));<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">}<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_2357375360716072710__MailOriginal"><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hmmm... I think __builtin_strlen is constexpr on gcc.<u></u><u></u></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Looking at a more minimal case:<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span><b><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Menlo,serif;color:rgb(155,35,147)">int</span></b></span><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Menlo,serif;color:black">
main() { </span></span><span><b><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Menlo,serif;color:rgb(155,35,147)">static_assert</span></b></span><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Menlo,serif;color:black">(!__builtin_strlen(</span></span><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Menlo,serif;color:rgb(196,26,22)">""</span></span><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Menlo,serif;color:black">));
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It compiles fine under:<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">gcc 9.2, libstdc++<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Source Code Pro",serif;color:black">/usr/local/gcc/bin/g++-9 -std=c++17 a.cpp<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">clang 8, libc++<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Source Code Pro",serif;color:black">/usr/local/clang/bin/clang++ -std=c++17 a.cpp<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">gcc 9.2, libc++<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Source Code Pro",serif;color:black">/usr/local/gcc/bin/g++-9 -nostdinc++ -I /usr/local/clang/include/c++/v1 -nodefaultlibs -lc++ -lc++abi -lm
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