How to detect LLVM and its version through #define directives?
The __llvm__
and __clang__
macros are the official way to check for an LLVM compiler (llvm-gcc or clang) or clang, respectively.
__has_feature
and __has_builtin
are the recommended way of checking for optional compiler features when using clang, they are documented here.
Note that you can find a list of the builtin compiler macros for gcc, llvm-gcc, and clang using:
echo | clang -dM -E -
This preprocesses an empty string and spits out all macros defined by the compiler.
I cannot find an answer here, only links to answers, so for completeness, here is the answer:
__clang__ // set to 1 if compiler is clang__clang_major__ // integer: major marketing version number of clang__clang_minor__ // integer: minor marketing version number of clang__clang_patchlevel__ // integer: marketing patch level of clang__clang_version__ // string: full version number
I get currently:
__clang__=1__clang_major__=3__clang_minor__=2__clang_patchlevel__=0__clang_version__="3.2 (tags/RELEASE_32/final)"
For clang, you shouldn't test its version number, you should check for features you want with feature checking macros.