diff --git a/docs/UsingLibcxx.rst b/docs/UsingLibcxx.rst index 514ed14b7..823499471 100644 --- a/docs/UsingLibcxx.rst +++ b/docs/UsingLibcxx.rst @@ -123,3 +123,29 @@ supported by libc++ they may be useful to users. Known 3rd Party Implementations Include: * `Koutheir's libc++ pretty-printers `_. + + +Libc++ Configuration Macros +=========================== + +Libc++ provides a number of configuration macros which can be used to enable +or disable extended libc++ behavior, including enabling "debug mode" or +thread safety annotations. + +**_LIBCPP_DEBUG**: + This macro is used to enable assertions and other debugging checks within + libc++. All debugging checks are disabled by default. + + **Values**: ``0``, ``1`` + + Defining ``_LIBCPP_DEBUG`` to ``0`` or greater enables most of libc++'s + assertions. Defining ``_LIBCPP_DEBUG`` to ``1`` enables "iterator debugging" + which provides additional assertions about the validity of iterators used by + the program. + + Note that this option has no effect on libc++'s ABI + +**_LIBCPP_ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY_ANNOTATIONS**: + This macro is used to enable -Wthread-safety annotations on libc++'s + ``std::mutex`` and ``std::lock_guard``. By default these annotations are + disabled and must be manually enabled by the user.