From 657fe557115d9fde5de5b8c6b65a4db4e3a2e567 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Haas <evan@lagerdata.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2023 10:26:27 -0700
Subject: std.Target: Add a function for determining char signedess

Copied from arocc https://github.com/Vexu/arocc/blob/c1955a474270562a4640217e62c888b52c79d39e/src/target.zig#L7
---
 lib/std/target.zig | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib/std')

diff --git a/lib/std/target.zig b/lib/std/target.zig
index 912eb141ea..5d5e71c20b 100644
--- a/lib/std/target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/target.zig
@@ -1910,6 +1910,30 @@ pub const Target = struct {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Default signedness of `char` for the native C compiler for this target
+    /// Note that char signedness is implementation-defined and many compilers provide
+    /// an option to override the default signedness e.g. GCC's -funsigned-char / -fsigned-char
+    pub fn charSignedness(target: Target) std.builtin.Signedness {
+        switch (target.cpu.arch) {
+            .aarch64,
+            .aarch64_32,
+            .aarch64_be,
+            .arm,
+            .armeb,
+            .thumb,
+            .thumbeb,
+            => return if (target.os.tag.isDarwin() or target.os.tag == .windows) .signed else .unsigned,
+            .powerpc, .powerpc64 => return if (target.os.tag.isDarwin()) .signed else .unsigned,
+            .powerpc64le,
+            .s390x,
+            .xcore,
+            .arc,
+            .msp430,
+            => return .unsigned,
+            else => return .signed,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub const CType = enum {
         char,
         short,
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