Re: Make copyObject work in C++

On 20.01.26 17:38, Andres Freund wrote:
>> I have split your first patch further. For a start, I left out the
>> PG_MODULE_MAGIC*-related changes and disabled the module under MSVC. This
>> has been committed. I plan to let the buildfarm run with it for a day or
>> two and then add in the basic MSVC support.
> Seems like billbug doesn't like this:
>
> https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?
> nm=billbug&dt=2026-01-20%2016%3A00%3A02
>
> gmake[1]: Entering directory '/home/marcel/build-farm-20/buildroot/HEAD/pgsql.build/src/test/modules/test_cplusplusext'
> g++ -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wendif-labels -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wimplicit-fallthrough=3 -Wcast-function-type -Wshadow=compatible-local -Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -fexcess-precision=standard -g -O2 -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -I. -I. -I../../../../src/include -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -D__EXTENSIONS__ -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -I/usr/openssl/3/include -I/usr/include/libxml2 -c -o test_cplusplusext.o test_cplusplusext.cpp
> In file included from ../../../../src/include/postgres.h:48,
> from test_cplusplusext.cpp:18:
> ../../../../src/include/c.h:158:21: error: '_Noreturn' does not name a type; did you mean 'pg_noreturn'?
> 158 | #define pg_noreturn _Noreturn
> | ^~~~~~~~~
> ../../../../src/include/c.h:918:1: note: in expansion of macro 'pg_noreturn'
> 918 | pg_noreturn extern void ExceptionalCondition(const char *conditionName,
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~

It's getting confused by _Noreturn, which is defined thus:

#if defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L
#define pg_noreturn _Noreturn

But apparently on these Solaris-related platforms, g++ defines
__STDC_VERSION__ even in C++ mode. (Confirmed in local testing.)
Apparently, this is even allowed by the C++ standard.

So the smallest fix is probably to gate this more like this:

#if (defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L) &&
!defined(__cplusplus)
#define pg_noreturn _Noreturn

(Eventually, we could add support for C++ attributes, but one step at a
time.)