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This header was originally in the C standard library as
.
Compatibility header, in C defines
alternative operator representations
which are keywords in C++.
This means that in a conforming implementation, including this header has no effect.
Notes
In old or nonconforming compilers, using the
alternative operator representations
may still require including this header.
<ciso646> is removed in C++20. Corresponding <iso646.h> is still available in C++20.
Prior to C++20, including <ciso646> was sometimes used as a technique for obtaining definitions of implementation-specific library version macros without causing other effects. As of C++20, the header
was added for this purpose.
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#include<ciso646>#ifdef _LIBCPP_VERSION#error Using LLVM libc++#elif __GLIBCXX__ // Note: only version 6.1 or newer define this in ciso646#error Using GNU libstdc++#elif _CPPLIB_VER // Note: used by Visual Studio#error Using Microsoft STL#else#error Using an unknown standard library#endifPossible output:
main.cpp:7:2: error: Using Microsoft STL #error Using Microsoft STL ^ 1 error generated.