C macro to determine if a type is signed

[golden_labels]

Due to it not working in msvc should be an indicator that you're entering terrain that will need to carry ifdefs and erroring out on unknown compilers. Not very useful.

C is not really supported by MSVC, so it is not expected that any C code will work there. Nowadays MSVC is a Microsoft C++/CLI compiler, which can also handle C++⁽¹⁾. C is “supported” only as long as it more or less falls under what C++ covers.
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⁽¹⁾ But I heard it may fail to reject invalid C++ code despite required to do so.

[Jeroen3]

As I explained before, it is possible to compile and run at build time a program that generates the necessary macros for the types needed.
The downside is that this won't work when cross-compiling to a different architecture or OS.

I have written a code generator in python for some C project. It fills a linked-list from snippets defined in many files. You could go this route.
There is even a C parser (compiled C) for python if you want.

[Nominal Animal]

As I explained before, it is possible to compile and run at build time a program that generates the necessary macros for the types needed.
The downside is that this won't work when cross-compiling to a different architecture or OS.

I have written a code generator in python for some C project. It fills a linked-list from snippets defined in many files. You could go this route.
There is even a C parser (compiled C) for python if you want.

No, the issue is that the C code must be compiled and run on the target OS and architecture, not on the host, to determine the signedness.  You cannot determine the signedness of arbitrary types on the target by doing stuff on the host.  Having a code generator does not help at all there.

As to the types whose signedness is needed, that is trivial to maintain, and does not need a code generator: consider the practical use cases.

[Kalvin]

Someone posted a solution right here. But removed it!

It was probably me. I didn't like the solution as it was *really* an ugly hack, and requires manual maintenance etc. Also, it won't work with something like

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IS_SIGNED(unsigned int) /* Will not work */
However, here is the principle:

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#define char_is_signed 1
#define int_is_signed 1
#define int8_t_is_signed 1
#define uint8_t_is_signed 0
#define int16_t_is_signed 1
#define uint16_t_is_signed 0
#define int32_t_is_signed 1
#define uint32_t_is_signed 0

#define IS_SIGNED(T) (T ## _is_signed)