One problem with defining macros that expand to _Pragma("clang attribute")` is that they don't nest very well:
// In some header... #define ASSUME_X_BEGIN _Pragma ("clang attribute push(__attribute__((x)), apply_to=variable)") #define ASSUME_X_END _Pragma ("clang attribute pop") #define ASSUME_Y_BEGIN _Pragma("clang attribute push(__attribute__((y)), apply_to=variable)") #define ASSUME_Y_END _Pragma("clang attribute pop") // in some source file... ASSUME_X_BEGIN // lots of code ASSUME_Y_BEGIN // some more code ASSUME_X_END // oops! Popped Y, but meant to pop X. // some other code ASSUME_Y_END // ditto
This patch adds a way to fix this by adding labels to push/pop directives. A clang attribute pops with a label will only pop a pushed group with that same label. Macro authors can then add a unique label to their BEGIN/END functions, which would cause the code above to work fine.
Thanks for taking a look!
Erik