ABI versioning macros for libc++.
C++ macros and CMake options that specify the default ABI version of
the library, and can be overridden to pick up new ABI-changing
features.
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+====================
+Libc++ ABI stability
+====================
+
+Libc++ aims to preserve stable ABI to avoid subtle bugs when code built to the old ABI
+is linked with the code build to the new ABI. At the same time, libc++ allows ABI-breaking
+improvements and bugfixes for the scenarios when ABI change is not a issue.
+
+To support both cases, libc++ allows specifying the ABI version at the
+build time. The version is defined with a cmake option
+LIBCXX_ABI_VERSION. Another option LIBCXX_ABI_UNSTABLE can be used to
+include all present ABI breaking features. These options translate
+into C++ macro definitions _LIBCPP_ABI_VERSION, _LIBCPP_ABI_UNSTABLE.
+
+Any ABI-changing feature is placed under it's own macro, _LIBCPP_ABI_XXX, which is enabled
+based on the value of _LIBCPP_ABI_VERSION. _LIBCPP_ABI_UNSTABLE, if set, enables all features at once.