Auto-detect std::string_view support by default

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu, macos]
         compiler: [g++, clang++]
-        defines: [standard, PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE, PUGIXML_COMPACT, PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS, PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW]
+        defines: [standard, PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE, PUGIXML_COMPACT, PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS]
         exclude:
           - os: macos
             compiler: g++
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         arch: [Win32, x64]
-        defines: [standard, PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE, PUGIXML_COMPACT, PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS, PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW]
+        defines: [standard, PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE, PUGIXML_COMPACT, PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - name: cmake configure

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ set(PUGIXML_BUILD_DEFINES CACHE STRING "Build defines for custom options")
 separate_arguments(PUGIXML_BUILD_DEFINES)
 
 # Technically not needed for this file. This is builtin CMAKE global variable.
-option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared instead of static library" OFF) 
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared instead of static library" OFF)
 
 # Expose option to build PUGIXML as static as well when the global BUILD_SHARED_LIBS variable is set
 cmake_dependent_option(PUGIXML_BUILD_SHARED_AND_STATIC_LIBS
@@ -48,16 +48,14 @@ option(PUGIXML_INSTALL "Enable installation rules" ON)
 option(PUGIXML_NO_XPATH "Disable XPath" OFF)
 option(PUGIXML_NO_STL "Disable STL" OFF)
 option(PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS "Disable Exceptions" OFF)
-option(PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW "Enable std::string_view overloads" OFF) # requires C++17 and for PUGIXML_NO_STL to be OFF
-mark_as_advanced(PUGIXML_NO_XPATH PUGIXML_NO_STL PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW)
+mark_as_advanced(PUGIXML_NO_XPATH PUGIXML_NO_STL PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS)
 
 set(PUGIXML_PUBLIC_DEFINITIONS
   $<$<BOOL:${PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE}>:PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE>
   $<$<BOOL:${PUGIXML_COMPACT}>:PUGIXML_COMPACT>
   $<$<BOOL:${PUGIXML_NO_XPATH}>:PUGIXML_NO_XPATH>
   $<$<BOOL:${PUGIXML_NO_STL}>:PUGIXML_NO_STL>
   $<$<BOOL:${PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS}>:PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS>
-  $<$<BOOL:${PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW}>:PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW>
 )
 
 # This is used to backport a CMake 3.15 feature, but is also forwards compatible
@@ -66,15 +64,13 @@ if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY)
     MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>$<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${PUGIXML_STATIC_CRT}>>:DLL>)
 endif()
 
-if (PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW AND (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD OR CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD LESS 17))
-  message(WARNING "PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW requires CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD to be set to 17 or later")
-endif()
-
-if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED)
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
-endif()
+# Set the default C++ standard to C++17 if not set; CMake will automatically downgrade this if the compiler does not support it
+# When CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED is set, we fall back to C++11 to avoid breaking older compilers
+if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD AND NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.8)
 
-if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED OFF)
+elseif (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 endif()
 

docs/manual.adoc

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ NOTE: In that example `PUGIXML_API` is inconsistent between several source files
 
 [[PUGIXML_HAS_LONG_LONG]]`PUGIXML_HAS_LONG_LONG` define enables support for `long long` type in pugixml. This define is automatically enabled if your platform is known to have `long long` support (i.e. has C{plus}{plus}11 support or uses a reasonably modern version of a known compiler); if pugixml does not recognize that your platform supports `long long` but in fact it does, you can enable the define manually.
 
-[[PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW]]`PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW` define enables function overloads that accept `std::basic_string_view` arguments. This define is automatically enabled if built targeting C++17 or later AND if `PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW` is also defined. The requirement to additionally define `PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW` will be retired in a future version.
+[[PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW]]`PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW` define enables function overloads that accept `std::string_view` arguments. This define is automatically enabled if built targeting C{plus}{plus}17 or later; if pugixml does not recognize that your platform supports `std::string_view` but in fact it does, you can enable the define manually.
 
 [[install.portability]]
 === Portability

docs/manual.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <meta charset="UTF-8">
 <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-<meta name="generator" content="Asciidoctor 2.0.23">
+<meta name="generator" content="Asciidoctor 2.0.20">
 <meta name="author" content="website, repository">
 <title>pugixml 1.14 manual</title>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,300italic,400,400italic,600,600italic%7CNoto+Serif:400,400italic,700,700italic%7CDroid+Sans+Mono:400,700">
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 #content::before{content:none}
 #header>h1:first-child{color:rgba(0,0,0,.85);margin-top:2.25rem;margin-bottom:0}
 #header>h1:first-child+#toc{margin-top:8px;border-top:1px solid #dddddf}
-#header>h1:only-child{border-bottom:1px solid #dddddf;padding-bottom:8px}
+#header>h1:only-child,body.toc2 #header>h1:nth-last-child(2){border-bottom:1px solid #dddddf;padding-bottom:8px}
 #header .details{border-bottom:1px solid #dddddf;line-height:1.45;padding-top:.25em;padding-bottom:.25em;padding-left:.25em;color:rgba(0,0,0,.6);display:flex;flex-flow:row wrap}
 #header .details span:first-child{margin-left:-.125em}
 #header .details span.email a{color:rgba(0,0,0,.85)}
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@
 #toctitle{color:#7a2518;font-size:1.2em}
 @media screen and (min-width:768px){#toctitle{font-size:1.375em}
 body.toc2{padding-left:15em;padding-right:0}
-body.toc2 #header>h1:nth-last-child(2){border-bottom:1px solid #dddddf;padding-bottom:8px}
 #toc.toc2{margin-top:0!important;background:#f8f8f7;position:fixed;width:15em;left:0;top:0;border-right:1px solid #e7e7e9;border-top-width:0!important;border-bottom-width:0!important;z-index:1000;padding:1.25em 1em;height:100%;overflow:auto}
 #toc.toc2 #toctitle{margin-top:0;margin-bottom:.8rem;font-size:1.2em}
 #toc.toc2>ul{font-size:.9em;margin-bottom:0}
@@ -329,7 +328,7 @@
 a.image object{pointer-events:none}
 sup.footnote,sup.footnoteref{font-size:.875em;position:static;vertical-align:super}
 sup.footnote a,sup.footnoteref a{text-decoration:none}
-sup.footnote a:active,sup.footnoteref a:active,#footnotes .footnote a:first-of-type:active{text-decoration:underline}
+sup.footnote a:active,sup.footnoteref a:active{text-decoration:underline}
 #footnotes{padding-top:.75em;padding-bottom:.75em;margin-bottom:.625em}
 #footnotes hr{width:20%;min-width:6.25em;margin:-.25em 0 .75em;border-width:1px 0 0}
 #footnotes .footnote{padding:0 .375em 0 .225em;line-height:1.3334;font-size:.875em;margin-left:1.2em;margin-bottom:.2em}
@@ -1028,7 +1027,7 @@ <h4 id="install.building.config"><a class="anchor" href="#install.building.confi
 <p><a id="PUGIXML_HAS_LONG_LONG"></a><code>PUGIXML_HAS_LONG_LONG</code> define enables support for <code>long long</code> type in pugixml. This define is automatically enabled if your platform is known to have <code>long long</code> support (i.e. has C&#43;&#43;11 support or uses a reasonably modern version of a known compiler); if pugixml does not recognize that your platform supports <code>long long</code> but in fact it does, you can enable the define manually.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
-<p><a id="PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW"></a><code>PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW</code> define enables function overloads that accept <code>std::basic_string_view</code> arguments. This define is automatically enabled if built targeting c++17 or later AND if <code>PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW</code> is also defined. The requirement to additionally define <code>PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW</code> will be retired in a future version.</p>
+<p><a id="PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW"></a><code>PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW</code> define enables function overloads that accept <code>std::string_view</code> arguments. This define is automatically enabled if built targeting C&#43;&#43;17 or later; if pugixml does not recognize that your platform supports <code>std::string_view</code> but in fact it does, you can enable the define manually.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>
@@ -1295,7 +1294,7 @@ <h3 id="dom.unicode"><a class="anchor" href="#dom.unicode"></a><a class="link" h
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p><a id="char_t"></a><a id="string_t"></a><a id="string_view_t"></a>
-There is a special type, <code>pugi::char_t</code>, that is defined as the character type and depends on the library configuration; it will be also used in the documentation hereafter. There is also a type <code>pugi::string_t</code>, which is defined as the STL string of the character type; it corresponds to <code>std::string</code> in char mode and to <code>std::wstring</code> in wchar_t mode. Similarly, <code>string_view_t</code> is defined to be <code>std::basic_string_view&lt;char_t&gt;</code>. Overloads for <code>string_view_t</code> are only available when building for c++17 or later (see <code>PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW</code>).</p>
+There is a special type, <code>pugi::char_t</code>, that is defined as the character type and depends on the library configuration; it will be also used in the documentation hereafter. There is also a type <code>pugi::string_t</code>, which is defined as the STL string of the character type; it corresponds to <code>std::string</code> in char mode and to <code>std::wstring</code> in wchar_t mode. Similarly, <code>string_view_t</code> is defined to be <code>std::basic_string_view&lt;char_t&gt;</code>. Overloads for <code>string_view_t</code> are only available when building for C++17 or later (see <code>PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW</code>).</p>
 </div>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>In addition to the interface, the internal implementation changes to store XML data as <code>pugi::char_t</code>; this means that these two modes have different memory usage characteristics - generally UTF-8 mode is more memory and performance efficient, especially if <code>sizeof(wchar_t)</code> is 4. The conversion to <code>pugi::char_t</code> upon document loading and from <code>pugi::char_t</code> upon document saving happen automatically, which also carries minor performance penalty. The general advice however is to select the character mode based on usage scenario, i.e. if UTF-8 is inconvenient to process and most of your XML data is non-ASCII, wchar_t mode is probably a better choice.</p>
@@ -6217,7 +6216,7 @@ <h3 id="apiref.functions"><a class="anchor" href="#apiref.functions"></a><a clas
 </div>
 <div id="footer">
 <div id="footer-text">
-Last updated 2024-10-27 09:31:16 -0700
+Last updated 2024-10-30 10:34:38 -0700
 </div>
 </div>
 </body>

scripts/pugixml_vs2019.vcxproj

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>

scripts/pugixml_vs2019_static.vcxproj

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -155,6 +158,7 @@
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>

scripts/pugixml_vs2022.vcxproj

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>

scripts/pugixml_vs2022_static.vcxproj

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
@@ -155,6 +158,7 @@
       <ProgramDataBaseFileName>$(IntDir)$(TargetName).pdb</ProgramDataBaseFileName>
       <DebugInformationFormat>OldStyle</DebugInformationFormat>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>

src/pugiconfig.hpp

@@ -46,13 +46,11 @@
 // Uncomment this to switch to header-only version
 // #define PUGIXML_HEADER_ONLY
 
-// Uncomment this to enable long long support
+// Uncomment this to enable long long support (usually enabled automatically)
 // #define PUGIXML_HAS_LONG_LONG
 
-// Uncomment this to enable support for std::string_view (requires c++17 and for PUGIXML_NO_STL to not be set)
-// Note: In a future version of pugixml this macro will become obsolete.
-//       Support will then be enabled automatically if the used C++ standard supports it.
-// #define PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW
+// Uncomment this to enable support for std::string_view (usually enabled automatically)
+// #define PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 
 #endif
 

src/pugixml.hpp

@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 #	include <string>
 #endif
 
-// Check if std::string_view is both requested and available
-#if defined(PUGIXML_STRING_VIEW) && !defined(PUGIXML_NO_STL)
+// Check if std::string_view is available
+#if !defined(PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW) && !defined(PUGIXML_NO_STL)
 #	if __cplusplus >= 201703L
 #		define PUGIXML_HAS_STRING_VIEW
 #	elif defined(_MSVC_LANG) && _MSVC_LANG >= 201703L
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ namespace pugi
 	// the document; this flag is only recommended for parsing documents with many PCDATA nodes in memory-constrained environments.
 	// This flag is off by default.
 	const unsigned int parse_embed_pcdata = 0x2000;
-	
+
 	// This flag determines whether determines whether the the two pcdata should be merged or not, if no intermediatory data are parsed in the document.
 	// This flag is off by default.
 	const unsigned int parse_merge_pcdata = 0x4000;

tests/autotest-appveyor.ps1

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ foreach ($vs in $args)
 
 		if (! $?) { throw "Error setting up VS$vs $arch" }
 
+		$cxx = if ($vs -ge 19) { "/std:c++17" } else { "" }
+
 		foreach ($defines in "standard", "PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE", "PUGIXML_COMPACT")
 		{
 			$target = "tests_vs${vs}_${arch}_${defines}"
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ foreach ($vs in $args)
 			Add-AppveyorTest $target -Outcome Running
 
 			Write-Output "# Building $target.exe"
-			& cmd /c "cl.exe /MP /Fe$target.exe /EHsc /W4 /WX $deflist $sources 2>&1" | Tee-Object -Variable buildOutput
+			& cmd /c "cl.exe /MP /Fe$target.exe /EHsc /W4 /WX $cxx $deflist $sources 2>&1" | Tee-Object -Variable buildOutput
 
 			if ($?)
 			{