Standard library header  (until C++20), <iso646.h> (original) (raw)

This header was originally in the C standard library as <iso646.h>.

Compatibility header, in C defines alternative operator representations which are keywords in C++.

This means that in a conforming implementation, including this header has no effect.

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In old or nonconforming compilers, using the alternative operator representations may still require including this header.

<ciso646> is removed in C++20. Corresponding <iso646.h> is still available in C++20.

Prior to C++20, including <ciso646> was sometimes used as a technique for obtaining definitions of implementation-specific library version macros without causing other effects. As of C++20, the header was added for this purpose.

#include #ifdef _LIBCPP_VERSION #error Using LLVM libc++ #elif GLIBCXX // Note: only version 6.1 or newer define this in ciso646 #error Using GNU libstdc++ #elif _CPPLIB_VER // Note: used by Visual Studio #error Using Microsoft STL #else #error Using an unknown standard library #endif

Possible output:

main.cpp:7:2: error: Using Microsoft STL #error Using Microsoft STL ^ 1 error generated.