// Detecting the standard library version manually using a bunch of shell commands is very // complicated and fragile across different platforms. This program provides the major version // of the standard library on any target platform without requiring any messy work. // // It's nothing more than specifying the name of the standard library implementation (either libstdc++ or libc++) // and its major version. #include int main() { #ifdef _GLIBCXX_RELEASE std::cout << "libstdc++ version: " << _GLIBCXX_RELEASE << std::endl; #elif defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION) // _LIBCPP_VERSION follows "XXYYZZ" format (e.g., 170001 for 17.0.1). // ref: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/f64732195c1030ee2627ff4e4142038e01df1d26/libcxx/include/__config#L51-L54 // // Since we use the major version from _GLIBCXX_RELEASE, we need to extract only the first 2 characters of _LIBCPP_VERSION // to provide the major version for consistency. std::cout << "libc++ version: " << std::to_string(_LIBCPP_VERSION).substr(0, 2) << std::endl; #else std::cerr << "Coudln't recognize the standard library version." << std::endl; return 1; #endif return 0; }