[clang-cl] Add support for [[msvc::constexpr]] C++11 attribute

[aaron.ballman]

Thank you for this! I think it's heading in the right direction, but we're missing some significant test coverage for it. I had some suggestions for specific things we should be thinking about, but another useful test would be to modify an existing constexpr test to add a RUN line enabling ms extensions, and use a macro to switch between constexpr and [[msvc::constexpr]] based on those RUN lines. Basically, ensure that [[msvc::constexpr]] gives the same behavior (both in terms of evaluation and in terms of semantic checking) as constexpr. WDYT?

clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp

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This looks incorrect to me -- constexpr isn't a calling convention, so I think this code should be removed.

7320–7321

We can use cast here because we know the declaration must have already been determined to be a function (from the subjects list in Attr.td).

That said, I think there's more semantic checking we want to do here. For example, can you use this attribute on a virtual function? What about a function already marked constexpr? Even more scary, what about a function marked consteval?

Also, I presume a constexpr function should be able to call an [[msvc::constexpr]] function and vice versa?

[RIscRIpt]

Add more tests, don't alter constexprKind of [[msvc::constexpr]] functions - instead change implementation of isConstexpr

In D134475#3827712, @aaron.ballman wrote:

... we're missing some significant test coverage for it. I had some suggestions for specific things we should be thinking about, but another useful test would be to modify an existing constexpr test to add a RUN line enabling ms extensions, and use a macro to switch between constexpr and [[msvc::constexpr]] based on those RUN lines. Basically, ensure that [[msvc::constexpr]] gives the same behavior (both in terms of evaluation and in terms of semantic checking) as constexpr. WDYT?

Regarding existing tests, I was able to find only clang/test/AST/Interp/functions.cpp which uses constexpr only with functions - I added RUN lines there. We cannot do that with most of tests, because -Dconstexpr=[[msvc::constexpr]] would break code in case there are constexpr variables.

[RIscRIpt]

clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp

5197–5199

Oops, removed.

7320–7321

We can use cast here because we know the declaration must have already been determined to be a function (from the subjects list in Attr.td).

Indeed. Changed.

That said, I think there's more semantic checking we want to do here. For example, can you use this attribute on a virtual function? What about a function already marked constexpr? Even more scary, what about a function marked consteval?

Good questions. By running strings c1xx.dll I was able to find only the following diagnostic messages regarding [[msvc::constexpr]]:

[[msvc::constexpr]] may only be applied to statements and functions"
[[msvc::constexpr]] cannot be applied to a 'constexpr' or 'consteval' function"

I've made a similar check here and added relevant test cases in msvc-attrs-invalid.cpp. But in order to make it possible, I had to change FunctionDecl::isConstexpr(), please check new changes.

TODO: I think, I'll need to read more about constexpr for functions in standard (and LLVM code), to add relevant restrictions here.

[RIscRIpt]

TODO: I think, I'll need to read more about constexpr for functions in standard (and LLVM code), to add relevant restrictions here.

In the standard I was able to find the following paragraphs about constexpr:

1. Neither constructor nor destructor can be constexpr if the class has some virtual base class; this holds for [[msvc::constexpr]] in MSVC 14.33
2. constexpr is not a part of function signature, so same non-constexpr function cannot be defined. The same holds for C++11 attributes, and [[msvc::constexpr]] in MSVC 14.33

I will add two relevant tests in msvc-attrs-invalid.cpp

Regarding LLVM code, I made the following observations:

• FunctionDecl::isConstexprSpecified() is mostly used for printing code, in other words, to check that the function is constexpr (and not consteval).
• FunctionDecl::getConstexprKind() is used by:
• ASTImporter.cpp - seems that, it should take care of attributes independently from the getConstexprKind()
• ASTWriterDecl.cpp - seems that, it should take care of attributes independently from the getConstexprKind()
• SemaDecl.cpp / SemaDeclCXX.cpp - checks that re-declaration was not performed with different constexpr specifier. MSVC and clang with current implementation allows re-declaration with different attributes (there are tests with f2-f5 in msvc-attrs.cpp)
• SemaDeclCXX - enables C++ constexpr constructor inheritance - problem - my current implementation supports it, whereas MSVC doesn't:

// Check '[[msvc::constexpr]]' is not taken into account during constructor inheritance
struct s2 {
    [[msvc::constexpr]] s2() {}
    constexpr operator bool() { return false; };
};

struct s3 : s2 {
    constexpr operator bool() { return true; };
};
static_assert(s3()); // MSVC: C2131: expression did not evaluate to a constant
static_assert(s3()); // clang with my patch: OK

• SemaTemplate.cpp - enables C++ template re-specialization with different constexpr specifier, not a problem, because we are allowed to do the same with attributes (don't we?)
• SemaTemplateInstantiateDecl.cpp (TemplateDeclInstantiator) - enables C++ template instantiation with same constexpr specifier

template<typename T>
struct s1 {
    [[msvc::constexpr]] s1() {}
    constexpr operator bool() { return true; };
};

static_assert(s1<void>()); // MSVC: C2131: expression did not evaluate to a constant
static_assert(s1<void>()); // clang with my patch: OK

• TreeTransform.h - code is related to lambdas - out-of-scope of the current patch.

Regarding MSVC:C2131 I found one more problem:

[[msvc::constexpr]] int C() { return 0; }
constexpr int V = C(); // MSVC: C2131: expression did not evaluate to a constant
constexpr int W = C(); // clang with my patch: OK

I am starting to question my patch - does LLVM really need it, if

1. There's no documentation for [[msvc::constexpr]]
2. The trivial implementation makes it an alias, but the semantic behavior is different - we could fix that, but there are lots of things to check

@aaron.ballman WDYT?

P.S. I'd rather abandon it, than trying to match behavior of MSVC.

[aaron.ballman]

Pulling a comment out of https://reviews.llvm.org/D133853 that's relevant here:

In D133853#3844851, @cpplearner wrote:

In D133853#3808674, @aaron.ballman wrote:

Now I'm wondering why the attribute exists at all. If it's functionally equivalent to constexpr as a keyword, what are the use cases for the attribute?

It appears that [[msvc::constexpr]] does not make a function constexpr, but if [[msvc::constexpr]] is used in a function definition and in a call to that function, then the annotated function call can be evaluated during constant evaluation: https://godbolt.org/z/3MPTsz6Yn

Apparently this is used to implement constexpr std::construct_at, which needs to call placement operator new, but the latter is not constexpr.

[aaron.ballman]

In D134475#3829583, @RIscRIpt wrote:

TODO: I think, I'll need to read more about constexpr for functions in standard (and LLVM code), to add relevant restrictions here.

In the standard I was able to find the following paragraphs about constexpr:

1. Neither constructor nor destructor can be constexpr if the class has some virtual base class; this holds for [[msvc::constexpr]] in MSVC 14.33
2. constexpr is not a part of function signature, so same non-constexpr function cannot be defined. The same holds for C++11 attributes, and [[msvc::constexpr]] in MSVC 14.33

I will add two relevant tests in msvc-attrs-invalid.cpp

Good, thank you!

Regarding LLVM code, I made the following observations:

• FunctionDecl::isConstexprSpecified() is mostly used for printing code, in other words, to check that the function is constexpr (and not consteval).

Sort of. A templated function marked with constexpr remains a constexpr function even if it can't be executed at compile time, so isConstexprSpecified() is really telling you "did the user write constexpr on this declaration?" instead of "is this function really constexpr?" (http://eel.is/c++draft/dcl.constexpr#4)

• FunctionDecl::getConstexprKind() is used by:
• ASTImporter.cpp - seems that, it should take care of attributes independently from the getConstexprKind()
• ASTWriterDecl.cpp - seems that, it should take care of attributes independently from the getConstexprKind()
• SemaDecl.cpp / SemaDeclCXX.cpp - checks that re-declaration was not performed with different constexpr specifier. MSVC and clang with current implementation allows re-declaration with different attributes (there are tests with f2-f5 in msvc-attrs.cpp)
• SemaDeclCXX - enables C++ constexpr constructor inheritance - problem - my current implementation supports it, whereas MSVC doesn't:

// Check '[[msvc::constexpr]]' is not taken into account during constructor inheritance
struct s2 {
    [[msvc::constexpr]] s2() {}
    constexpr operator bool() { return false; };
};

struct s3 : s2 {
    constexpr operator bool() { return true; };
};
static_assert(s3()); // MSVC: C2131: expression did not evaluate to a constant
static_assert(s3()); // clang with my patch: OK

Hmmm, that's interesting! I wonder if that's intentional behavior for MSVC or a bug. I'm guessing there are no open issues on Microsoft's bug tracker because this isn't a documented feature? Might be worth filing one to see what they think though. (Might not be worth it either, see below.)

• SemaTemplate.cpp - enables C++ template re-specialization with different constexpr specifier, not a problem, because we are allowed to do the same with attributes (don't we?)

Shake a magic 8-ball, unfortunately. There's a core issue open currently about template specializations and attributes: http://wg21.link/cwg2604

• SemaTemplateInstantiateDecl.cpp (TemplateDeclInstantiator) - enables C++ template instantiation with same constexpr specifier

template<typename T>
struct s1 {
    [[msvc::constexpr]] s1() {}
    constexpr operator bool() { return true; };
};

static_assert(s1<void>()); // MSVC: C2131: expression did not evaluate to a constant
static_assert(s1<void>()); // clang with my patch: OK

Can you do: constexpr s1<void> s; in MSVC or does that also fail? (e.g., is the issue with the constructor or with the conversion operator?)

• TreeTransform.h - code is related to lambdas - out-of-scope of the current patch.

Regarding MSVC:C2131 I found one more problem:

[[msvc::constexpr]] int C() { return 0; }
constexpr int V = C(); // MSVC: C2131: expression did not evaluate to a constant
constexpr int W = C(); // clang with my patch: OK

What the heck, that's a surprise! I would have expected that to work the same in Clang and MSVC (accepted by both).

I am starting to question my patch - does LLVM really need it, if

1. There's no documentation for [[msvc::constexpr]]
2. The trivial implementation makes it an alias, but the semantic behavior is different - we could fix that, but there are lots of things to check

@aaron.ballman WDYT?

P.S. I'd rather abandon it, than trying to match behavior of MSVC.

If you don't want to work on the feature, that's totally fine (you're under no obligation to finish this if it turns out to be more than you wanted to take on)! I think we're going to need to support this attribute at some point because <vcruntime.h> has #define _MSVC_CONSTEXPR [[msvc::constexpr]] and that macro is used by the STL headers. But the usage I am seeing there is even more interesting than what we've discovered so far. From <memory>:

constexpr _Ty* operator()(_Ty* _Location, _Types&&... _Args) const
    noexcept(noexcept(::new (const_cast<void*>(static_cast<const volatile void*>(_Location)))
            _Ty(_STD forward<_Types>(_Args)...))) /* strengthened */ {
    // clang-format on
    _MSVC_CONSTEXPR return ::new (const_cast<void*>(static_cast<const volatile void*>(_Location)))
        _Ty(_STD forward<_Types>(_Args)...);
}

It's using the attribute on a return statement, not on a declaration! So I suspect there's some more reverse engineering needed unless Microsoft wanted to document their extension (which might be the bug we want to file instead of "is it intentional that this works in this weird way?" bug reports).

[RIscRIpt]

I asked MSFT to comment, let's see if they can share the spec for this attribute.

[RIscRIpt]

I am sorry for protracting implementation. I am still interested to finish this (if no volunteer takes over sooner).

In D134475#4070995, @RIscRIpt wrote:

I asked MSFT to comment, let's see if they can share the spec for this attribute.

They did answer! Thank you Cody! For sake of backup, I'll re-post Cody Miller's comment here

In Microsoft Developer Community / msvc::constexpr-specification, Cody Miller wrote:
Hello!

We added [[msvc::constexpr]] to support std::construct_at and std::ranges::construct_at. These functions are used in lieu of placement new in constexpr contexts to support the forms of dynamic memory allocation that C++20 supports.

We originally implemented this by intercepting the names of the invoked functions and implemented them within the compiler. We (the compiler team) ultimately weren’t satisfied with this approach because it added complexity to the frontend and led to some surprising behavior (such as users implementing their own std::construct_at (technically invoking undefined-behavior, I think) and seeing behavior that may have differed from their implementation).

We added the attribute to allow limited contexts to invoke placement new during constexpr evaluation, which allowed the compiler to handle the standard library’s implementation of the two special functions mentioned above.

The semantics are (from memory on a Sunday evening, apologies for unclear or forgotten explanations):

• A function may be either [[msvc::constexpr]], constexpr, or neither, but no combination of these is allowed.
• A function annotated with [[msvc::constexpr]] is unofficially called an “extended constexpr” function and may call other constexpr or extended constexpr functions.
• An extended constexpr function has the same restrictions as a constexpr function, except when otherwise noted here.
• A return statement may be annotated with [[msvc::constexpr]] to allow its containing constexpr function to call an extended constexpr function.
• An extended constexpr function can call other extended constexpr functions without a statement-level annotation.
• A constexpr function may use placement new within a return statement annotated with [[msvc::constexpr]].

We aimed to add a general mechanism to support this feature, but we only are officially supporting it for use in std::construct_at and std::ranges::construct_at at the moment – feel free to file bugs if you find issues through experimentation, though!

The restriction to the return statement is reflective of us wanting to keep the scope of the attribute small.

Here’s a godbolt link that hopefully clearly captures the above.

We use the annotation (behind the _MSVC_CONSTEXPR macro) in our STL implementation in two places.

Hope this explanation helps! Let me know if anything is unclear.

Currently I am lingered to decide how to implement checks for constant evaluation in clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp.
At the moment I have two ideas:
Idea 1: Using helper RAII classes like BlockScopeRAII keep track of AttributedStmt and ReturnStmt in EvalInfo and/or CallStackFrame; then in CheckConstexprFunction check whether above rules are followed. However I don't see that EvalInfo or CallStackFrame allow storing references to arbitrary statements, and extending these classes only to support [[msvc::constexpr]] does not sound like a reasonable idea.
Idea 2: Pass Expr* CallerExpr to CheckConstexprFunction, and then traverse parents of CallerExpr to check that above rules are followed. This would require implementing a simple ParentVisitor class which would use ParentMapContext. I'm not completely sure about this idea, because I see that ParentMapContext is used seldom and its docs mention about "opportunities for optimization" (sounds like performance problems).

By the way, it feels weird that we have to implement complex checks (for attributed return statement) only to limit the possibilities of constant evaluation; on the other hand without these checks clang won't match MSVC implementation.

P.S. Based on Cody's comment and experiments in Compiler Explorer, I made a summary with three rules; however for some reason, in the evening, I cannot replicate them anymore; once I have time and figure it out, I'll post an update. Note: STL has [[msvc::constexpr]] void* operator new(size_t, void*).

[erichkeane]

In D134475#4222805, @RIscRIpt wrote:

I am sorry for protracting implementation. I am still interested to finish this (if no volunteer takes over sooner).

In D134475#4070995, @RIscRIpt wrote:

I asked MSFT to comment, let's see if they can share the spec for this attribute.

They did answer! Thank you Cody! For sake of backup, I'll re-post Cody Miller's comment here

In Microsoft Developer Community / msvc::constexpr-specification, Cody Miller wrote:
Hello!

We added [[msvc::constexpr]] to support std::construct_at and std::ranges::construct_at. These functions are used in lieu of placement new in constexpr contexts to support the forms of dynamic memory allocation that C++20 supports.

We originally implemented this by intercepting the names of the invoked functions and implemented them within the compiler. We (the compiler team) ultimately weren’t satisfied with this approach because it added complexity to the frontend and led to some surprising behavior (such as users implementing their own std::construct_at (technically invoking undefined-behavior, I think) and seeing behavior that may have differed from their implementation).

We added the attribute to allow limited contexts to invoke placement new during constexpr evaluation, which allowed the compiler to handle the standard library’s implementation of the two special functions mentioned above.

The semantics are (from memory on a Sunday evening, apologies for unclear or forgotten explanations):

• A function may be either [[msvc::constexpr]], constexpr, or neither, but no combination of these is allowed.
• A function annotated with [[msvc::constexpr]] is unofficially called an “extended constexpr” function and may call other constexpr or extended constexpr functions.
• An extended constexpr function has the same restrictions as a constexpr function, except when otherwise noted here.
• A return statement may be annotated with [[msvc::constexpr]] to allow its containing constexpr function to call an extended constexpr function.
• An extended constexpr function can call other extended constexpr functions without a statement-level annotation.
• A constexpr function may use placement new within a return statement annotated with [[msvc::constexpr]].

We aimed to add a general mechanism to support this feature, but we only are officially supporting it for use in std::construct_at and std::ranges::construct_at at the moment – feel free to file bugs if you find issues through experimentation, though!

The restriction to the return statement is reflective of us wanting to keep the scope of the attribute small.

Here’s a godbolt link that hopefully clearly captures the above.

We use the annotation (behind the _MSVC_CONSTEXPR macro) in our STL implementation in two places.

Hope this explanation helps! Let me know if anything is unclear.

Currently I am lingered to decide how to implement checks for constant evaluation in clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp.
At the moment I have two ideas:
Idea 1: Using helper RAII classes like BlockScopeRAII keep track of AttributedStmt and ReturnStmt in EvalInfo and/or CallStackFrame; then in CheckConstexprFunction check whether above rules are followed. However I don't see that EvalInfo or CallStackFrame allow storing references to arbitrary statements, and extending these classes only to support [[msvc::constexpr]] does not sound like a reasonable idea.
Idea 2: Pass Expr* CallerExpr to CheckConstexprFunction, and then traverse parents of CallerExpr to check that above rules are followed. This would require implementing a simple ParentVisitor class which would use ParentMapContext. I'm not completely sure about this idea, because I see that ParentMapContext is used seldom and its docs mention about "opportunities for optimization" (sounds like performance problems).

By the way, it feels weird that we have to implement complex checks (for attributed return statement) only to limit the possibilities of constant evaluation; on the other hand without these checks clang won't match MSVC implementation.

P.S. Based on Cody's comment and experiments in Compiler Explorer, I made a summary with three rules; however for some reason, in the evening, I cannot replicate them anymore; once I have time and figure it out, I'll post an update. Note: STL has [[msvc::constexpr]] void* operator new(size_t, void*).

I don't have a good idea, I don't think any sort of RAII object is the right way (since it will be wrong on child calls/etc), and the ParentMap is definitely not the right way. Perhaps just a flag for CheckConstexprFunction? I've not spent too much time in this section of the compiler, so hopefully someone else can come along and help. I suspect it is a property of CallStackFrame? But that already contains a link to the FucntionDecl, right? As far as the 'on return statement', I think the bit on CallStackFrame/EvalInfo is probably what is necessary.

[RIscRIpt]

A proper implementation

In D134475#4224082, @erichkeane wrote:

I don't have a good idea, I don't think any sort of RAII object is the right way (since it will be wrong on child calls/etc), and the ParentMap is definitely not the right way. Perhaps just a flag for CheckConstexprFunction? I've not spent too much time in this section of the compiler, so hopefully someone else can come along and help. I suspect it is a property of CallStackFrame? But that already contains a link to the FucntionDecl, right? As far as the 'on return statement', I think the bit on CallStackFrame/EvalInfo is probably what is necessary.

But that already contains a link to the FucntionDecl, right?

Yes, but we need to know current context (whether we're in [[msvc::constexpr]] return statement).

As far as the 'on return statement', I think the bit on CallStackFrame/EvalInfo is probably what is necessary.

That's what I ended-up doing. This was the most reasonable approach I could come-up with.

I added a property to CallStackFrame, because it's a property of current function: whether we are in valid context which permits evaluation of [[msvc::constexpr]]. Additionally I added MSConstexprContextRAII which is used in case Stmt::AttributedStmtClass: to alter the property.

[erichkeane]

Still suspicious about this/whether it models the MSVC implementation correctly, but no real implementation concerns. I REALLY want us to document the attribute extensively however.

clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td

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Does it prohibit the inverse? I think this documentation overall needs a much better description of what the semantics are here, particularly anything that you found in experimentation on the MS implementation.

[RIscRIpt]

Does it prohibit the inverse? I think this documentation overall needs a much better description of what the semantics are here, particularly anything that you found in experimentation on the MS implementation.

Do you mean, can [[msvc::constexpr]] function call constexpr and remain const-evaluated? Yes.

From my experiments all Cody's points are valid, except for "An extended constexpr function can call other extended constexpr functions without a statement-level annotation".

I tried to make doc notes as compact as possible. Recapping his points, which were confirmed by tests:

1. [[msvc::constexpr]] can be applied only to function definition or a return statement.
2. A function can be either constexpr or consteval or [[msvc::constexpr]], but no combination of these.
3. [[msvc::constexpr]] function is treated the same way as constexpr function if it is evaluated in terms of [[msvc::constexpr]] return statement, otherwise it's a regular function.

By function I mean anything function-like: functions, member-functions, constructors, destructors, operators.

In D134475#4287513, @erichkeane wrote:

Still suspicious about this/whether it models the MSVC implementation correctly, but no real implementation concerns. I REALLY want us to document the attribute extensively however.

Thanks to your concern I decided to test each point of [dcl.constexpr] : 9.2.6 The constexpr and consteval specifiers in Compiler Explorer: https://godbolt.org/z/qj3fnK5aW I am going to update tests accordingly.

Regarding on absolute matching MSVC implementation, I am not sure we will be able to achieve it with reasonable changes. I am skeptical, because I discovered the following test case:

struct S2 {
    [[msvc::constexpr]] S2() {}
    [[msvc::constexpr]] bool value() { return true; } 
    static constexpr bool check() { [[msvc::constexpr]] return S2{}.value(); }
};
static_assert(S2::check());

It's a valid code for MSVC; nothing special https://godbolt.org/z/znnaonEhM
However supporting this code seems to be difficult in Clang:

1. S2 fails checks of "literal type" in this callstack:
   1. [[ https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/bc73ef0/clang/include/clang/AST/DeclCXX.h#L1419-L1445 | clang::CXXRecordDecl::isLiteral ]]
   2. [[ https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/e98776a/clang/lib/AST/Type.cpp#L2746 | clang::Type::isLiteralType ]]
   3. [[ https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/a4edc2c/clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp#L2317-L2320 | CheckLiteralType ]]
2. We have information about CanEvalMSConstexpr only in CheckLiteralType. So, currently, I don't see how we can reasonably check whether S2 is a valid literal type in context of [[msvc::constexpr]]. Two obvious ugly solutions are:
   1. Copy all checks from clang::CXXRecordDecl::isLiteral to CheckLiteralType - violates DRY; two places shall be maintained.
   2. Propagate CanEvalMSConstexpr down to clang::CXXRecordDecl::isLiteral. I don't think it's reasonable for supporting rare vendor-specific attribute.

clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td

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Does it prohibit the inverse?

Do you mean, can [[msvc::constexpr]] function call constexpr and remain const-evaluated? Yes.

I elaborated on semantics in non-inline comment.

clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp

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Added a check that [[msvc::constexpr]] function has no constexpr or consteval specifiers. A member function can be [[msvc::constexpr]] the same way as constexpr.

Regarding virtual - MSVC does not complain about [[msvc::constexpr]], but it fails during constant evaluation (in case of C++17 and earlier).
We have two approaches to address virtual case: (1) don't add the attribute to the declaration and emit a warning, or (2) check for virtual and opts.Cplusplus17 during constant evaluation. I am inclining to (2).

[RIscRIpt]

Added diagnostics for [[msvc::constexpr]] virtual

Regarding [[msvc::constexpr]] constructors, unfortunatelly I cannot find a reasonable way to support it.

During development I found out about Clang's experimental Constant Interpreter (-fexperimental-new-constant-interpreter),
I suppose it would be much easier to implement complete support for [[msvc::constexpr]] there.
I am not aware about policy regarding constant evaulation/interpreter:
do you approve new constant evaluation features in the current (AST-based) approach without extending the experimental one?
Because I'd rather tacke with experimental Constant Interpreter in a follow-up (if I ever find time for this).

[erichkeane]

In D134475#4393035, @RIscRIpt wrote:

Added diagnostics for [[msvc::constexpr]] virtual

Regarding [[msvc::constexpr]] constructors, unfortunatelly I cannot find a reasonable way to support it.

During development I found out about Clang's experimental Constant Interpreter (-fexperimental-new-constant-interpreter),
I suppose it would be much easier to implement complete support for [[msvc::constexpr]] there.
I am not aware about policy regarding constant evaulation/interpreter:
do you approve new constant evaluation features in the current (AST-based) approach without extending the experimental one?
Because I'd rather tacke with experimental Constant Interpreter in a follow-up (if I ever find time for this).

Currently the experimental evaluator isn't required to get patches committed. It is mostly the labor-of-love of @tbaeder and is still in the beginning stages of development.

[RIscRIpt]

Rebased onto main

[RIscRIpt]

Bump

Renamed clang/test/AST/msvc-* to ms-*
Tried to improve doc note.
Rebased onto one of stable commits from main.

clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td

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Tried to make doc notes more clear.

[RIscRIpt]

According to git blame @rsmith has done lots of changes in clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp; added as reviewer.

@rsmith, tl;dr: I try to add support of [[msvc::constexpr]] to clang under -fms-extensions. The behavior of this attribute is described in doc notes.

[rsmith]

clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp

5619–5631

Given that the intended use case is for usage behind the scenes in the standard library, I don't think we should be changing our diagnostic output at all here. If the library, as an implementation detail, marks a non-constexpr function as [[msvc::constexpr]], we shouldn't tell the user to add [[msvc::constexpr]] to their code to allow it to be called, after all, the annotation is an implementation detail of the MS standard library.

[rsmith]

clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp

9573–9576

Do we really need this change? Was our existing check of whether the caller is in namespace std not sufficient for MS' standard library? I'd strongly prefer not to have a documented, user-visible attribute that gives permission to use placement new directly.

[RIscRIpt]

Thank you for your quick response.

Given that the intended use case is for usage behind the scenes in the standard library...

I'd strongly prefer not to have a documented, user-visible attribute that gives permission to use placement new directly.

I understand your concerns, and I cannot disagree. My reasoning behind the current implementation is to allow clang with -fms-extensions to parse and compile the same code with the [[msvc::constexpr]] attribute as MSVC can. Given that any user of the MSVC compiler can use this attribute and compile their code with it, it seems to me that clang-cl should also have this capability. However, we don't have any guarantees that Microsoft won't modify anything related to this attribute. I am not aware of the policies the Clang project has in place for such cases. Regardless, I will adjust the patch to comply as necessary.

TODO for my next patch: pre-define _MSVC_CONSTEXPR_ATTRIBUTE

clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td

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As per latest comments, maybe I should remove this note?

clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp

5619–5631

Sounds fair, I will adjust this code if I'm unable to convince you with my new comments.

9573–9576

Yes, STL's operator new is defined in global namespace in vcruntime_new.h (and all includes of this file are made from global namespace).

[rsmith]

clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp

9573–9576

The existing code is checking whether the caller of operator new (eg, std::construct_at) is in namespace std, not whether the operator new itself is. Does MSVC's construct_at need this? It might if it uses a placement new indirectly via a function in a different namespace, but it seems likely to me that it doesn't.

[RIscRIpt]

Addressed review comments and rebased onto main.

I have limited support of this attribute to -fms-compatibility-version 19.33+ (Visual Studio version, when this attribute first appeared).
Added definition of _MSVC_CONSTEXPR_ATTRIBUTE.

I am not sure whether and where to mention about adding support of this attribute in release notes.

Additionally, bumped -fms-compatibility-version to 19.33 in a separate commit. Although, I am not aware of all the consequences of this change.

Changed test files their names and locations.

[RIscRIpt]

clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td

3609–3611

Removed.

clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td

2838

Given that the intended use case is for usage behind the scenes in the standard library, I don't think we should be changing our diagnostic output at all [there]

How about other places? Theoretically I could re-use existing warnings/errors with diagnostics saying constexpr instead of [[msvc::constexpr]].

clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp

5619–5631

Removed, and made the check as a single if statement.

9573–9576

Yes, sorry, my bad. This change is not needed, unless we want to support this attribute in user-code, which I guess we don't want to.

Removed.

[RIscRIpt]

add HEAD~2 patch

[RIscRIpt]

Fix clang/test/SemaCXX/ms-constexpr.cpp

[RIscRIpt]

Rebase onto main (bump)

[RIscRIpt]

Rebase onto main. Run lit clang/test. Bump.

Any chance we continue the review? I know it looked stale for a while I couldn't address review comments, but now I have time to work at this patch.

[RIscRIpt]

Should I re-submit it to GitHub?

[erichkeane]

In D134475#4655362, @RIscRIpt wrote:

Should I re-submit it to GitHub?

While I hate that we'll lose all of the Phabriator history on this one, I don't see being able to complete this review in the next two weeks before Phab closes down. The C++ Standards meeting is in 2 weeks, which makes it particularly difficult.

If you can properly rebase, submit this to github, and include a summary of the Phab discussion in a way that easy enough to catch back up on, I'll do a deep dive into this in the next week or 3.

Sorry for the delay, this fell off my radar somehow.

clang/test/SemaCXX/ms-constexpr.cpp

31

I see this is still TODO, part of the reason I have been putting off review, I thought this patch wasn't ready for review. Whats going on here? When is this intended to be implemented?

[aaron.ballman]

In D134475#4655362, @RIscRIpt wrote:

Should I re-submit it to GitHub?

Youch... I'm sorry this hasn't managed to get up to the top of my queue yet! I agree with Erich, as unfortunate as it is not to complete the review in Phab, we probably should put it up on GitHub so we don't run into the deadline for putting phab into read-only mode. I should hopefully be able to dedicate time to review to this in the next several weeks.

[RIscRIpt]

In D134475#4655389, @erichkeane wrote:

If you can properly rebase, submit this to github, and include a summary of the Phab discussion in a way that easy enough to catch back up on, I'll do a deep dive into this in the next week or 3.
Sorry for the delay, this fell off my radar somehow.

Sure, I'll try to write a summary of comments, and submit it to GitHub.
No problems regarding delays, I couldn't work at this patch in the beginning of this year, so it was delayed for so long.

clang/test/SemaCXX/ms-constexpr.cpp

31

Unfortunately, I don't think it's feasible with reasonable changes. I explained it in comment https://reviews.llvm.org/D134475#4288759 - search for "literal type".
Basically, support of [[msvc::constexpr]] constructors is not needed to be able to compile code from Microsoft's C++ Standard Library.

I think, I could create a follow up issue on GitHub, and make a reference to the issue here.

[RIscRIpt]

As per agreement, migrating to Github: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/71300

clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst

- Added ``__builtin_elementwise_round`` for  builtin for floating
   point types. This allows access to ``llvm.round`` for
   arbitrary floating-point and vector of floating-point types.
 - Added ``__builtin_elementwise_rint`` for floating point types. This
   allows access to ``llvm.rint`` for arbitrary floating-point and
   vector of floating-point types.
 - Added ``__builtin_elementwise_nearbyint`` for floating point
   types. This allows access to ``llvm.nearbyint`` for arbitrary
   floating-point and vector of floating-point types.
+- The default value of `_MSC_VER` was raised from 1920 to 1933.
+  MSVC 19.33 added undocumented attribute ``[[msvc::constexpr]]``.
 
 New Compiler Flags
 ------------------
 - The flag ``-std=c++23`` has been added. This behaves the same as the existing
   flag ``-std=c++2b``.
 - ``-dumpdir`` has been implemented to specify auxiliary and dump output
   filenames for features like ``-gsplit-dwarf``.
 - ``-fcaret-diagnostics-max-lines=`` has been added as a driver options, which

clang/docs/UsersManual.rst

 for Windows targets.
 
 ``-fdelayed-template-parsing`` lets clang delay parsing of function template
 definitions until the end of a translation unit. This flag is enabled by
 default for Windows targets.
 
 For compatibility with existing code that compiles with MSVC, clang defines the
 ``_MSC_VER`` and ``_MSC_FULL_VER`` macros. When on Windows, these default to
-either the same value as the currently installed version of cl.exe, or ``1920``
-and ``192000000`` (respectively). The ``-fms-compatibility-version=`` flag
+either the same value as the currently installed version of cl.exe, or ``1933``
+and ``193300000`` (respectively). The ``-fms-compatibility-version=`` flag
 overrides these values.  It accepts a dotted version tuple, such as 19.00.23506.
 Changing the MSVC compatibility version makes clang behave more like that
 version of MSVC. For example, ``-fms-compatibility-version=19`` will enable
 C++14 features and define ``char16_t`` and ``char32_t`` as builtin types.
 
 .. _cxx:
 
 C++ Language Features

clang/include/clang/Basic/Attr.td

def Pointer : InheritableAttr {
   let Subjects = SubjectList<[Struct]>;
   let Args = [TypeArgument<"DerefType", /*opt=*/1>];
   let Documentation = [LifetimePointerDocs];
 }
 def : MutualExclusions<[Owner, Pointer]>;
 
 // Microsoft-related attributes
 
+def MSConstexpr : InheritableAttr {
+  let LangOpts = [MicrosoftExt];
+  let Spellings = [CXX11<"msvc", "constexpr">];
+  let Subjects = SubjectList<[Function, Stmt], ErrorDiag,
+                             "functions and statements">;
+  let Documentation = [MSConstexprDocs];
+}
+
 def MSNoVTable : InheritableAttr, TargetSpecificAttr<TargetMicrosoftCXXABI> {
   let Spellings = [Declspec<"novtable">];
   let Subjects = SubjectList<[CXXRecord]>;
   let Documentation = [MSNoVTableDocs];
   let SimpleHandler = 1;
 }
 
 def : IgnoredAttr {

clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td

 .. code-block:: c++
 
   struct __multiple_inheritance S; // error: inheritance model does not match definition
   int S::*i;
   struct S {};
 }];
 }
 
+def MSConstexprDocs : Documentation {
+  let Category = DocCatStmt;
+  let Content = [{
+The ``[[msvc::constexpr]]`` attribute can be applied only to a function
+definition or a ``return`` statement. It does not impact function declarations.
+A ``[[msvc::constexpr]]`` function cannot be ``constexpr`` or ``consteval``.
+A ``[[msvc::constexpr]]`` function is treated in the same way as a ``constexpr``
+function if it is evaluated in a constant context of
+``[[msvc::constexpr]] return`` statement.
+Otherwise, it is treated as a regular function.
+
+Semantics of this attribute is enabled only under MSVC compatibility
+(``-fms-compatibility-version``) 19.33 and later.
+  }];
+}
+
 def MSNoVTableDocs : Documentation {
   let Category = DocCatDecl;
   let Content = [{
 This attribute can be added to a class declaration or definition to signal to
 the compiler that constructors and destructors will not reference the virtual
 function table. It is only supported when using the Microsoft C++ ABI.
   }];
 }

clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td

 def ext_constexpr_local_var_no_init : ExtWarn<
   "uninitialized variable in a constexpr %select{function|constructor}0 "
   "is a C++20 extension">, InGroup<CXX20>;
 def warn_cxx17_compat_constexpr_local_var_no_init : Warning<
   "uninitialized variable in a constexpr %select{function|constructor}0 "
   "is incompatible with C++ standards before C++20">,
   InGroup<CXXPre20Compat>, DefaultIgnore;
 def ext_constexpr_function_never_constant_expr : ExtWarn<
-  "%select{constexpr|consteval}1 %select{function|constructor}0 never produces a "
-  "constant expression">, InGroup<DiagGroup<"invalid-constexpr">>, DefaultError;
+  "%select{constexpr|consteval|[[msvc::constexpr]]}1 %select{function|constructor}0 "
+  "never produces a constant expression">, InGroup<DiagGroup<"invalid-constexpr">>, DefaultError;
 def err_attr_cond_never_constant_expr : Error<
   "%0 attribute expression never produces a constant expression">;
 def err_diagnose_if_invalid_diagnostic_type : Error<
   "invalid diagnostic type for 'diagnose_if'; use \"error\" or \"warning\" "
   "instead">;
 def err_constexpr_body_no_return : Error<
   "no return statement in %select{constexpr|consteval}0 function">;
 def err_constexpr_return_missing_expr : Error<
   "non-void %select{constexpr|consteval}1 function %0 should return a value">;
 def warn_cxx11_compat_constexpr_body_no_return : Warning<
   "constexpr function with no return statements is incompatible with C++ "
   "standards before C++14">, InGroup<CXXPre14Compat>, DefaultIgnore;
 def ext_constexpr_body_multiple_return : ExtWarn<
   "multiple return statements in constexpr function is a C++14 extension">,
   InGroup<CXX14>;
 def warn_cxx11_compat_constexpr_body_multiple_return : Warning<
   "multiple return statements in constexpr function "
   "is incompatible with C++ standards before C++14">,
   InGroup<CXXPre14Compat>, DefaultIgnore;
 def note_constexpr_body_previous_return : Note<
   "previous return statement is here">;
+def err_ms_constexpr_not_distinct : Error<
+  "[[msvc::constexpr]] cannot be applied to a %select{constexpr|consteval}0 function %1">;
+def err_ms_constexpr_virtual : Error<"virtual function cannot be [[msvc::constexpr]]">;
+def warn_ms_constexpr_no_effect : Warning<
+  "[[msvc::constexpr]] has effect only on function definitions and return statements">,
+  InGroup<IgnoredAttributes>;
 
 // C++20 function try blocks in constexpr
 def ext_constexpr_function_try_block_cxx20 : ExtWarn<
   "function try block in constexpr %select{function|constructor}0 is "
   "a C++20 extension">, InGroup<CXX20>;
 def warn_cxx17_compat_constexpr_function_try_block : Warning<
   "function try block in constexpr %select{function|constructor}0 is "
   "incompatible with C++ standards before C++20">,

clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.h

enum MSVCMajorVersion {
     MSVC2013 = 1800,
     MSVC2015 = 1900,
     MSVC2017 = 1910,
     MSVC2017_5 = 1912,
     MSVC2017_7 = 1914,
     MSVC2019 = 1920,
     MSVC2019_5 = 1925,
     MSVC2019_8 = 1928,
+    MSVC2022_3 = 1933,
   };
 
   enum SYCLMajorVersion {
     SYCL_None,
     SYCL_2017,
     SYCL_2020,
     // The "default" SYCL version to be used when none is specified on the
     // frontend command line.

clang/lib/AST/ExprConstant.cpp

public:
 
     bool isStdFunction() const {
       for (const DeclContext *DC = Callee; DC; DC = DC->getParent())
         if (DC->isStdNamespace())
           return true;
       return false;
     }
 
+    /// Whether we're in a context where [[msvc::constexpr]] evaluation is
+    /// permitted. See MSConstexprDocs for description of permitted contexts.
+    bool CanEvalMSConstexpr = false;
+
   private:
     APValue &createLocal(APValue::LValueBase Base, const void *Key, QualType T,
                          ScopeKind Scope);
   };
 
   /// Temporarily override 'this'.
   class ThisOverrideRAII {
   public:
public:
     ExprTimeTraceScope(const Expr *E, const ASTContext &Ctx, StringRef Name)
         : TimeScope(Name, [E, &Ctx] {
             return E->getSourceRange().printToString(Ctx.getSourceManager());
           }) {}
 
   private:
     llvm::TimeTraceScope TimeScope;
   };
+
+  /// RAII object used to change the current ability of
+  /// [[msvc::constexpr]] evaulation.
+  struct MSConstexprContextRAII {
+    CallStackFrame &Frame;
+    bool OldValue;
+    explicit MSConstexprContextRAII(CallStackFrame &Frame, bool Value)
+        : Frame(Frame), OldValue(Frame.CanEvalMSConstexpr) {
+      Frame.CanEvalMSConstexpr = Value;
+    }
+
+    ~MSConstexprContextRAII() { Frame.CanEvalMSConstexpr = OldValue; }
+  };
 }
 
 static bool HandleDestruction(EvalInfo &Info, const Expr *E,
                               const LValue &This, QualType ThisType);
 static bool HandleDestruction(EvalInfo &Info, SourceLocation Loc,
                               APValue::LValueBase LVBase, APValue &Value,
                               QualType T);
 
case Stmt::ContinueStmtClass:
     return ESR_Continue;
 
   case Stmt::BreakStmtClass:
     return ESR_Break;
 
   case Stmt::LabelStmtClass:
     return EvaluateStmt(Result, Info, cast<LabelStmt>(S)->getSubStmt(), Case);
 
-  case Stmt::AttributedStmtClass:
-    // As a general principle, C++11 attributes can be ignored without
-    // any semantic impact.
-    return EvaluateStmt(Result, Info, cast<AttributedStmt>(S)->getSubStmt(),
-                        Case);
+  case Stmt::AttributedStmtClass: {
+    const auto *AS = cast<AttributedStmt>(S);
+    const auto *SS = AS->getSubStmt();
+    MSConstexprContextRAII msConstexprContext(
+        *Info.CurrentCall, hasSpecificAttr<MSConstexprAttr>(AS->getAttrs()) &&
+                               isa<ReturnStmt>(SS));
+    return EvaluateStmt(Result, Info, SS, Case);
+  }
 
   case Stmt::CaseStmtClass:
   case Stmt::DefaultStmtClass:
     return EvaluateStmt(Result, Info, cast<SwitchCase>(S)->getSubStmt(), Case);
   case Stmt::CXXTryStmtClass:
     // Evaluate try blocks by evaluating all sub statements.
     return EvaluateStmt(Result, Info, cast<CXXTryStmt>(S)->getTryBlock(), Case);
   }
if (!Info.Ctx.getLangOpts().CPlusPlus20 && isa<CXXMethodDecl>(Declaration) &&
     Info.CCEDiag(CallLoc, diag::note_constexpr_virtual_call);
 
   if (Definition && Definition->isInvalidDecl()) {
     Info.FFDiag(CallLoc, diag::note_invalid_subexpr_in_const_expr);
     return false;
   }
 
   // Can we evaluate this function call?
-  if (Definition && Definition->isConstexpr() && Body)
+  if (Definition && Body &&
+      (Definition->isConstexpr() || Info.CurrentCall->CanEvalMSConstexpr &&
+                                        Definition->hasAttr<MSConstexprAttr>()))
     return true;
 
   if (Info.getLangOpts().CPlusPlus11) {
     const FunctionDecl *DiagDecl = Definition ? Definition : Declaration;
 
     // If this function is not constexpr because it is an inherited
     // non-constexpr constructor, diagnose that directly.
     auto *CD = dyn_cast<CXXConstructorDecl>(DiagDecl);
     if (CD && CD->isInheritingConstructor()) {
       auto *Inherited = CD->getInheritedConstructor().getConstructor();
       if (!Inherited->isConstexpr())
         DiagDecl = CD = Inherited;
     }
 
     // FIXME: If DiagDecl is an implicitly-declared special member function
     // or an inheriting constructor, we should be much more explicit about why
     // it's not constexpr.
     if (CD && CD->isInheritingConstructor())
       Info.FFDiag(CallLoc, diag::note_constexpr_invalid_inhctor, 1)
         << CD->getInheritedConstructor().getConstructor()->getParent();
     else
       Info.FFDiag(CallLoc, diag::note_constexpr_invalid_function, 1)
         << DiagDecl->isConstexpr() << (bool)CD << DiagDecl;
     Info.Note(DiagDecl->getLocation(), diag::note_declared_at);
   } else {
     Info.FFDiag(CallLoc, diag::note_invalid_subexpr_in_const_expr);
   }
   return false;
 }
 
bool PointerExprEvaluator::VisitCXXNewExpr(const CXXNewExpr *E) {
   // We cannot speculatively evaluate a delete expression.
   if (Info.SpeculativeEvaluationDepth)
     return false;
 
   FunctionDecl *OperatorNew = E->getOperatorNew();
 
   bool IsNothrow = false;
   bool IsPlacement = false;
   if (OperatorNew->isReservedGlobalPlacementOperator() &&
       Info.CurrentCall->isStdFunction() && !E->isArray()) {
     // FIXME Support array placement new.
     assert(E->getNumPlacementArgs() == 1);
     if (!EvaluatePointer(E->getPlacementArg(0), Result, Info))
       return false;
     if (Result.Designator.Invalid)
       return false;
     IsPlacement = true;
   } else if (!OperatorNew->isReplaceableGlobalAllocationFunction()) {
     Info.FFDiag(E, diag::note_constexpr_new_non_replaceable)
         << isa<CXXMethodDecl>(OperatorNew) << OperatorNew;

clang/lib/Basic/Targets/OSTargets.cpp

if (Opts.isCompatibleWithMSVC(LangOptions::MSVC2015)) {
         Builder.defineMacro("_MSVC_LANG", "202004L");
       else if (Opts.CPlusPlus20)
         Builder.defineMacro("_MSVC_LANG", "202002L");
       else if (Opts.CPlusPlus17)
         Builder.defineMacro("_MSVC_LANG", "201703L");
       else if (Opts.CPlusPlus14)
         Builder.defineMacro("_MSVC_LANG", "201402L");
     }
+
+    if (Opts.isCompatibleWithMSVC(LangOptions::MSVC2022_3))
+      Builder.defineMacro("_MSVC_CONSTEXPR_ATTRIBUTE");
   }
 
   if (Opts.MicrosoftExt) {
     Builder.defineMacro("_MSC_EXTENSIONS");
 
     if (Opts.CPlusPlus11) {
       Builder.defineMacro("_RVALUE_REFERENCES_V2_SUPPORTED");
       Builder.defineMacro("_RVALUE_REFERENCES_SUPPORTED");

clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MSVC.cpp

VersionTuple MSVCToolChain::computeMSVCVersion(const Driver *D,
   if (MSVT.empty())
     MSVT = getTriple().getEnvironmentVersion();
   if (MSVT.empty() && IsWindowsMSVC)
     MSVT =
         getMSVCVersionFromExe(getSubDirectoryPath(llvm::SubDirectoryType::Bin));
   if (MSVT.empty() &&
       Args.hasFlag(options::OPT_fms_extensions, options::OPT_fno_ms_extensions,
                    IsWindowsMSVC)) {
-    // -fms-compatibility-version=19.20 is default, aka 2019, 16.x
+    // -fms-compatibility-version=19.33 is default, aka 2022, 17.3
     // NOTE: when changing this value, also update
     // clang/docs/CommandGuide/clang.rst and clang/docs/UsersManual.rst
     // accordingly.
-    MSVT = VersionTuple(19, 20);
+    MSVT = VersionTuple(19, 33);
   }
   return MSVT;
 }
 
 std::string
 MSVCToolChain::ComputeEffectiveClangTriple(const ArgList &Args,
                                            types::ID InputType) const {
   // The MSVC version doesn't care about the architecture, even though it

clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp

if (Body && (!FD || !FD->isDefaulted())) {
         DiscardCleanupsInEvaluationContext();
       }
       if (!hasUncompilableErrorOccurred() && !isa<FunctionTemplateDecl>(dcl)) {
         // Since the body is valid, issue any analysis-based warnings that are
         // enabled.
         ActivePolicy = &WP;
       }
 
-      if (!IsInstantiation && FD && FD->isConstexpr() && !FD->isInvalidDecl() &&
+      if (!IsInstantiation && FD &&
+          (FD->isConstexpr() || FD->hasAttr<MSConstexprAttr>()) &&
+          !FD->isInvalidDecl() &&
           !CheckConstexprFunctionDefinition(FD, CheckConstexprKind::Diagnose))
         FD->setInvalidDecl();
 
       if (FD && FD->hasAttr<NakedAttr>()) {
         for (const Stmt *S : Body->children()) {
           // Allow local register variables without initializer as they don't
           // require prologue.
           bool RegisterVariables = false;

clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp

case ParsedAttr::AT_IntelOclBicc:
     D->addAttr(::new (S.Context) IntelOclBiccAttr(S.Context, AL));
     return;
   case ParsedAttr::AT_PreserveMost:
     D->addAttr(::new (S.Context) PreserveMostAttr(S.Context, AL));
     return;
   case ParsedAttr::AT_PreserveAll:
     D->addAttr(::new (S.Context) PreserveAllAttr(S.Context, AL));
     return;
   default:
     llvm_unreachable("unexpected attribute kind");
   }
 }
 
 static void handleSuppressAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D, const ParsedAttr &AL) {
   if (!AL.checkAtLeastNumArgs(S, 1))
     return;
 
   std::vector<StringRef> DiagnosticIdentifiers;
   for (unsigned I = 0, E = AL.getNumArgs(); I != E; ++I) {
static void handleDeclspecThreadAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D, const ParsedAttr &AL) {
   }
   if (VD->hasLocalStorage()) {
     S.Diag(AL.getLoc(), diag::err_thread_non_global) << "__declspec(thread)";
     return;
   }
   D->addAttr(::new (S.Context) ThreadAttr(S.Context, AL));
 }
 
+static void handleMSConstexprAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D, const ParsedAttr &AL) {
+  if (!S.getLangOpts().isCompatibleWithMSVC(LangOptions::MSVC2022_3)) {
+    S.Diag(AL.getLoc(), diag::warn_unknown_attribute_ignored)
+        << AL << AL.getRange();
+    return;
+  }
+  auto *FD = cast<FunctionDecl>(D);
+  if (FD->isConstexprSpecified() || FD->isConsteval()) {
+    S.Diag(AL.getLoc(), diag::err_ms_constexpr_not_distinct)
+        << FD->isConsteval() << FD;
+    return;
+  }
+  if (auto *MD = dyn_cast<CXXMethodDecl>(FD)) {
+    if (!S.getLangOpts().CPlusPlus20 && MD->isVirtual()) {
+      S.Diag(AL.getLoc(), diag::err_ms_constexpr_virtual);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  D->addAttr(::new (S.Context) MSConstexprAttr(S.Context, AL));
+}
+
 static void handleAbiTagAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D, const ParsedAttr &AL) {
   SmallVector<StringRef, 4> Tags;
   for (unsigned I = 0, E = AL.getNumArgs(); I != E; ++I) {
     StringRef Tag;
     if (!S.checkStringLiteralArgumentAttr(AL, I, Tag))
       return;
     Tags.push_back(Tag);
   }
case ParsedAttr::AT_Uuid:
     handleUuidAttr(S, D, AL);
     break;
   case ParsedAttr::AT_MSInheritance:
     handleMSInheritanceAttr(S, D, AL);
     break;
   case ParsedAttr::AT_Thread:
     handleDeclspecThreadAttr(S, D, AL);
     break;
+  case ParsedAttr::AT_MSConstexpr:
+    handleMSConstexprAttr(S, D, AL);
+    break;
 
   // HLSL attributes:
   case ParsedAttr::AT_HLSLNumThreads:
     handleHLSLNumThreadsAttr(S, D, AL);
     break;
   case ParsedAttr::AT_HLSLSV_GroupIndex:
     handleHLSLSVGroupIndexAttr(S, D, AL);
     break;

clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclCXX.cpp

static bool CheckConstexprFunctionBody(Sema &SemaRef, const FunctionDecl *Dcl,
   //   - every constructor involved in initializing non-static data members and
   //     base class sub-objects shall be a constexpr constructor.
   //
   // Note that this rule is distinct from the "requirements for a constexpr
   // function", so is not checked in CheckValid mode.
   SmallVector<PartialDiagnosticAt, 8> Diags;
   if (Kind == Sema::CheckConstexprKind::Diagnose &&
       !Expr::isPotentialConstantExpr(Dcl, Diags)) {
+    int ConstKind = Dcl->hasAttr<MSConstexprAttr>() ? 2
+                    : Dcl->isConsteval()            ? 1
+                                                    : 0;
     SemaRef.Diag(Dcl->getLocation(),
                  diag::ext_constexpr_function_never_constant_expr)
-        << isa<CXXConstructorDecl>(Dcl) << Dcl->isConsteval();
+        << isa<CXXConstructorDecl>(Dcl) << ConstKind;
     for (size_t I = 0, N = Diags.size(); I != N; ++I)
       SemaRef.Diag(Diags[I].first, Diags[I].second);
     // Don't return false here: we allow this for compatibility in
     // system headers.
   }
 
   return true;
 }

clang/lib/Sema/SemaStmtAttr.cpp

static Attr *handleUnlikely(Sema &S, Stmt *St, const ParsedAttr &A,
                             SourceRange Range) {
 
   if (!S.getLangOpts().CPlusPlus20 && A.isCXX11Attribute() && !A.getScopeName())
     S.Diag(A.getLoc(), diag::ext_cxx20_attr) << A << Range;
 
   return ::new (S.Context) UnlikelyAttr(S.Context, A);
 }
 
+static Attr *handleMSConstexprAttr(Sema &S, Stmt *St, const ParsedAttr &A,
+                                   SourceRange Range) {
+  if (!S.getLangOpts().isCompatibleWithMSVC(LangOptions::MSVC2022_3)) {
+    S.Diag(A.getLoc(), diag::warn_unknown_attribute_ignored)
+        << A << A.getRange();
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  if (!isa<ReturnStmt>(St)) {
+    S.Diag(A.getLoc(), diag::warn_ms_constexpr_no_effect);
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  return ::new (S.Context) MSConstexprAttr(S.Context, A);
+}
+
 #define WANT_STMT_MERGE_LOGIC
 #include "clang/Sema/AttrParsedAttrImpl.inc"
 #undef WANT_STMT_MERGE_LOGIC
 
 static void
 CheckForIncompatibleAttributes(Sema &S,
                                const SmallVectorImpl<const Attr *> &Attrs) {
   // The vast majority of attributed statements will only have one attribute
static Attr *ProcessStmtAttribute(Sema &S, Stmt *St, const ParsedAttr &A,
   case ParsedAttr::AT_NoInline:
     return handleNoInlineAttr(S, St, A, Range);
   case ParsedAttr::AT_MustTail:
     return handleMustTailAttr(S, St, A, Range);
   case ParsedAttr::AT_Likely:
     return handleLikely(S, St, A, Range);
   case ParsedAttr::AT_Unlikely:
     return handleUnlikely(S, St, A, Range);
+  case ParsedAttr::AT_MSConstexpr:
+    return handleMSConstexprAttr(S, St, A, Range);
   default:
     // N.B., ClangAttrEmitter.cpp emits a diagnostic helper that ensures a
     // declaration attribute is not written on a statement, but this code is
     // needed for attributes in Attr.td that do not list any subjects.
     S.Diag(A.getRange().getBegin(), diag::err_decl_attribute_invalid_on_stmt)
         << A << A.isRegularKeywordAttribute() << St->getBeginLoc();
     return nullptr;
   }

clang/test/AST/ms-constexpr.cpp

+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fms-compatibility -fms-compatibility-version=19.33 -std=c++20 -ast-dump -verify %s | FileCheck %s
+// expected-no-diagnostics
+
+// CHECK: used f1 'bool ()'
+// CHECK: MSConstexprAttr 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} <col:3, col:9>
+[[msvc::constexpr]] bool f1() { return true; }
+
+// CHECK: used constexpr f2 'bool ()'
+// CHECK-NEXT: CompoundStmt 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} <col:21, col:56>
+// CHECK-NEXT: AttributedStmt 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} <col:23, col:53>
+// CHECK-NEXT: MSConstexprAttr 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} <col:25, col:31>
+// CHECK-NEXT: ReturnStmt 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} <col:43, col:53>
+constexpr bool f2() { [[msvc::constexpr]] return f1(); }
+static_assert(f2());
+
+struct S1 {
+    // CHECK: used vm 'bool ()' virtual
+    // CHECK: MSConstexprAttr 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} <col:7, col:13>
+    [[msvc::constexpr]] virtual bool vm() { return true; }
+
+    // CHECK: used constexpr cm 'bool ()'
+    // CHECK-NEXT: CompoundStmt 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} <col:25, col:60>
+    // CHECK-NEXT: AttributedStmt 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} <col:27, col:57>
+    // CHECK-NEXT: MSConstexprAttr 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} <col:29, col:35>
+    // CHECK-NEXT: ReturnStmt 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} <col:47, col:57>
+    constexpr bool cm() { [[msvc::constexpr]] return vm(); }
+};
+static_assert(S1{}.cm());

clang/test/Driver/cl-options.c

 
 // Cover PR42501: clang-cl /clang: pass-through causes read-after-free with aliased options.
 // RUN: %clang_cl /clang:-save-temps /clang:-Wl,test1,test2 -### -- %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=SAVETEMPS %s
 // SAVETEMPS: "-save-temps=cwd"
 // SAVETEMPS: "test1" "test2"
 
 // Validate that the default triple is used when run an empty tools dir is specified
 // RUN: %clang_cl -vctoolsdir "" -### -- %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix VCTOOLSDIR
-// VCTOOLSDIR: "-triple" "{{[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*}}-pc-windows-msvc19.20.0"
+// VCTOOLSDIR: "-triple" "{{[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*}}-pc-windows-msvc19.33.0"
 
 // Validate that built-in include paths are based on the supplied path
 // RUN: %clang_cl --target=aarch64-pc-windows-msvc -vctoolsdir "/fake" -winsdkdir "/foo" -winsdkversion 10.0.12345.0 -### -- %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix FAKEDIR
 // FAKEDIR: "-internal-isystem" "/fake{{/|\\\\}}include"
 // FAKEDIR: "-internal-isystem" "/fake{{/|\\\\}}atlmfc{{/|\\\\}}include"
 // FAKEDIR: "-internal-isystem" "/foo{{/|\\\\}}Include{{/|\\\\}}10.0.12345.0{{/|\\\\}}ucrt"
 // FAKEDIR: "-internal-isystem" "/foo{{/|\\\\}}Include{{/|\\\\}}10.0.12345.0{{/|\\\\}}shared"
 // FAKEDIR: "-internal-isystem" "/foo{{/|\\\\}}Include{{/|\\\\}}10.0.12345.0{{/|\\\\}}um"

 // RUN: %clang_cl /external:W2 /c -### -- %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=EXTERNAL_Wn %s
 // RUN: %clang_cl /external:W3 /c -### -- %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=EXTERNAL_Wn %s
 // RUN: %clang_cl /external:W4 /c -### -- %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=EXTERNAL_Wn %s
 // EXTERNAL_W0: "-Wno-system-headers"
 // EXTERNAL_Wn: "-Wsystem-headers"
 
 // RUN: %clang_cl -vctoolsdir "" /arm64EC /c -### -- %s 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=ARM64EC %s 
 // ARM64EC-NOT: /arm64EC has been overridden by specified target
-// ARM64EC: "-triple" "arm64ec-pc-windows-msvc19.20.0"
+// ARM64EC: "-triple" "arm64ec-pc-windows-msvc19.33.0"
 
 // RUN: %clang_cl -vctoolsdir "" /arm64EC /c -target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc  -### -- %s 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=ARM64EC_OVERRIDE %s
 // ARM64EC_OVERRIDE: warning: /arm64EC has been overridden by specified target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc; option ignored
 
 void f(void) { }

clang/test/Misc/pragma-attribute-supported-attributes-list.test

 // CHECK-NEXT: IFunc (SubjectMatchRule_function)
 // CHECK-NEXT: InitPriority (SubjectMatchRule_variable)
 // CHECK-NEXT: InternalLinkage (SubjectMatchRule_variable, SubjectMatchRule_function, SubjectMatchRule_record)
 // CHECK-NEXT: LTOVisibilityPublic (SubjectMatchRule_record)
 // CHECK-NEXT: Leaf (SubjectMatchRule_function)
 // CHECK-NEXT: LoaderUninitialized (SubjectMatchRule_variable_is_global)
 // CHECK-NEXT: Lockable (SubjectMatchRule_record)
 // CHECK-NEXT: MIGServerRoutine (SubjectMatchRule_function, SubjectMatchRule_objc_method, SubjectMatchRule_block)
+// CHECK-NEXT: MSConstexpr (SubjectMatchRule_function)
 // CHECK-NEXT: MSStruct (SubjectMatchRule_record)
 // CHECK-NEXT: MaybeUndef (SubjectMatchRule_variable_is_parameter)
 // CHECK-NEXT: MicroMips (SubjectMatchRule_function)
 // CHECK-NEXT: MinSize (SubjectMatchRule_function, SubjectMatchRule_objc_method)
 // CHECK-NEXT: MinVectorWidth (SubjectMatchRule_function)
 // CHECK-NEXT: Mips16 (SubjectMatchRule_function)
 // CHECK-NEXT: MipsLongCall (SubjectMatchRule_function)
 // CHECK-NEXT: MipsShortCall (SubjectMatchRule_function)

clang/test/SemaCXX/ms-constexpr-invalid.cpp

+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fms-compatibility -fms-compatibility-version=19.33 -std=c++20 -verify %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fms-compatibility -fms-compatibility-version=19.33 -std=c++17 -verify %s
+
+// Check explicitly invalid code
+
+void runtime() {} // expected-note {{declared here}}
+
+[[msvc::constexpr]] void f0() { runtime(); } // expected-error {{[[msvc::constexpr]] function never produces a constant expression}} \
+                                             // expected-note {{non-constexpr function 'runtime' cannot be used in a constant expression}}
+[[msvc::constexpr]] constexpr void f1() {} // expected-error {{[[msvc::constexpr]] cannot be applied to a constexpr function 'f1'}}
+#if __cplusplus >= 202202L
+[[msvc::constexpr]] consteval void f2() {} // expected-error {{[[msvc::constexpr]] cannot be applied to a consteval function 'f2'}}
+#endif
+
+struct B1 {};
+struct D1 : virtual B1 { // expected-note {{virtual base class declared here}}
+    [[msvc::constexpr]] D1() {} // expected-error {{constexpr constructor not allowed in struct with virtual base class}}
+};
+
+struct [[msvc::constexpr]] S2{}; // expected-error {{'constexpr' attribute only applies to functions and statements}}
+
+// Check invalid code mixed with valid code
+
+[[msvc::constexpr]] int f4(int x) { return x > 1 ? 1 + f4(x / 2) : 0; } // expected-note {{non-constexpr function 'f4' cannot be used in a constant expression}} \
+                                                                        // expected-note {{declared here}} \
+                                                                        // expected-note {{declared here}} \
+                                                                        // expected-note {{declared here}}
+constexpr bool f5() { [[msvc::constexpr]] return f4(32) == 5; } // expected-note {{in call to 'f4(32)'}}
+static_assert(f5()); // expected-error {{static assertion expression is not an integral constant expression}} \
+                     // expected-note {{in call to 'f5()'}}
+
+int f6(int x) { [[msvc::constexpr]] return x > 1 ? 1 + f6(x / 2) : 0; } // expected-note {{declared here}} \
+                                                                        // expected-note {{declared here}}
+constexpr bool f7() { [[msvc::constexpr]] return f6(32) == 5; } // expected-error {{constexpr function never produces a constant expression}} \
+                                                                // expected-note {{non-constexpr function 'f6' cannot be used in a constant expression}} \
+                                                                // expected-note {{non-constexpr function 'f6' cannot be used in a constant expression}}
+static_assert(f7()); // expected-error {{static assertion expression is not an integral constant expression}} \
+                     // expected-note {{in call to 'f7()'}}
+
+constexpr bool f8() { // expected-error {{constexpr function never produces a constant expression}}
+    [[msvc::constexpr]] f4(32); // expected-warning {{[[msvc::constexpr]] has effect only on function definitions and return statements}} \
+                                // expected-note {{non-constexpr function 'f4' cannot be used in a constant expression}} \
+                                // expected-note {{non-constexpr function 'f4' cannot be used in a constant expression}}
+    [[msvc::constexpr]] int i5 = f4(32); // expected-error {{'constexpr' attribute only applies to functions and statements}}
+    return i5 == 5;
+}
+static_assert(f8()); // expected-error {{static assertion expression is not an integral constant expression}} \
+                     // expected-note {{in call to 'f8()'}}
+
+#if __cplusplus == 201702L
+struct S1 { [[msvc::constexpr]] virtual bool vm() const { return true; } }; // expected-error {{virtual function cannot be [[msvc::constexpr]]}}
+#endif

clang/test/SemaCXX/ms-constexpr-new.cpp

+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fms-compatibility -fms-compatibility-version=19.33 -std=c++20 -verify=supported %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fms-compatibility -fms-compatibility-version=19.32 -std=c++20 -verify=unsupported %s
+// supported-no-diagnostics
+
+[[nodiscard]]
+[[msvc::constexpr]] // unsupported-warning {{unknown attribute 'constexpr' ignored}}
+inline void* __cdecl operator new(decltype(sizeof(void*)), void* p) noexcept { return p; }
+
+namespace std {
+  constexpr int* construct_at(int* p, int v) {
+    [[msvc::constexpr]] return ::new (p) int(v); // unsupported-warning {{unknown attribute 'constexpr' ignored}}
+  }
+}
+
+constexpr bool check_construct_at() { int x; return *std::construct_at(&x, 42) == 42; }
+static_assert(check_construct_at());

clang/test/SemaCXX/ms-constexpr.cpp

+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fms-compatibility -fms-compatibility-version=19.33 -std=c++20 -ast-dump -verify %s | FileCheck %s
+// expected-no-diagnostics
+
+[[msvc::constexpr]] int log2(int x) { [[msvc::constexpr]] return x > 1 ? 1 + log2(x / 2) : 0; }
+constexpr bool test_log2() { [[msvc::constexpr]] return log2(32) == 5; }
+static_assert(test_log2());
+
+[[msvc::constexpr]] int get_value(int x)
+{
+  switch (x)
+  {
+    case 42: return 1337;
+    default:
+             if (x < 0) [[msvc::constexpr]] return log2(-x);
+             else return x;
+  }
+}
+
+constexpr bool test_complex_expr() {
+  [[msvc::constexpr]] return get_value(get_value(42) - 1337 + get_value(-32) - 5 + (get_value(1) ? get_value(0) : get_value(2))) == get_value(0);
+}
+static_assert(test_complex_expr());
+
+constexpr bool get_constexpr_true() { return true; }
+[[msvc::constexpr]] bool get_msconstexpr_true() { return get_constexpr_true(); }
+constexpr bool test_get_msconstexpr_true() { [[msvc::constexpr]] return get_msconstexpr_true(); }
+static_assert(test_get_msconstexpr_true());
+
+/*
+// TODO: Add support for [[msvc::constexpr]] constructor
+struct S2 {
+    [[msvc::constexpr]] S2() {}
+    [[msvc::constexpr]] bool value() { return true; }
+    static constexpr bool check() { [[msvc::constexpr]] return S2{}.value(); }
+};
+static_assert(S2::check());
+*/