---
title: "ETL Traits"
---

{{< callout type="info">}}
  Header: `various`  
  Since: `TBC`  
{{< /callout >}}

A set of traits that reflect the platform settings. It gives a C++ style interface to the library macros.
The traits are accessed under the etl::traits namespace.
All traits are constexpr for C++11 and above, const for C++03 and below.

## Traits

| Trait                                    | Type            | Defined by | Macro   |
| ---------------------------------------- | --------------- | ---------- | --------|
| using_stl                                | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_STL |
| using_stlport                            | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_STLPORT |
| using_cpp11                              | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_CPP11 |
| using_cpp14                              | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_CPP14 |
| using_cpp17                              | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_CPP17 |
| using_cpp20                              | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_CPP20 |
| using_cpp23                              | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_CPP23 |
| cplusplus                                | long            | builtin    | __cplusplus |
| language_standard                        | int             | platform.h | ETL_LANGUAGE_STANDARD |
| using_exceptions                         | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_EXCEPTIONS |
| using_gcc_compiler                       | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_GCC_COMPILER |
| using_microsoft_compiler                 | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_MICROSOFT_COMPILER |
| using_arm5_compiler                      | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_ARM5_COMPILER |
| using_arm6_compiler                      | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_ARM6_COMPILER |
| using_arm7_compiler                      | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_ARM7_COMPILER |
| using_clang_compiler                     | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_CLANG_COMPILER |
| using_green_hills_compiler               | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_GREEN_HILLS_COMPILER |
| using_iar_compiler                       | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_IAR_COMPILER |
| using_intel_compiler                     | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_INTEL_COMPILER |
| using_texas_instruments_compiler         | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_TEXAS_INSTRUMENTS_COMPILER |
| using_builtin_is_assignable              | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_BUILTIN_IS_ASSIGNABLE |
| using_builtin_is_constructible           | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_BUILTIN_IS_CONSTRUCTIBLE |
| using_builtin_is_trivially_constructible | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_BUILTIN_IS_TRIVIALLY_CONSTRUCTIBLE |
| using_builtin_is_trivially_destructible  | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_BUILTIN_IS_TRIVIALLY_DESTRUCTIBLE |
| using_builtin_is_trivially_copyable      | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_BUILTIN_IS_TRIVIALLY_COPYABLE |
| using_builtin_underlying_type            | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_BUILTIN_UNDERLYING_TYPE |
| using_builtin_memcpy                     | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_BUILTIN_MEMCPY |
| using_builtin_memmove                    | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_BUILTIN_MEMMOVE |
| using_builtin_memset                     | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_BUILTIN_MEMSET |                   
| using_builtin_memcmp                     | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_BUILTIN_MEMCMP |
| using_builtin_memchr                     | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_BUILTIN_MEMCHR |
| using_generic_compiler                   | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_GENERIC_COMPILER |
| has_8bit_types                           | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_8BIT_TYPES |
| has_64bit_types                          | bool            | platform.h | ETL_USING_64BIT_TYPES |
| has_atomic                               | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_ATOMIC |
| has_mutex                                | bool            | mutex.h    | ETL_HAS_MUTEX |
| has_nullptr                              | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_NULLPTR |
| has_char8_t                              | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_CHAR8_T |
| has_native_char8_t                       | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_NATIVE_CHAR8_T |
| has_native_char16_t                      | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_NATIVE_CHAR16_T |
| has_native_char32_t                      | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_NATIVE_CHAR32_T |
| has_string_truncation_checks             | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_STRING_TRUNCATION_CHECKS |
| has_error_on_string_truncation           | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_ERROR_ON_STRING_TRUNCATION |
| has_string_clear_after_use               | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_STRING_CLEAR_AFTER_USE |
| has_istring_repair                       | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_ISTRING_REPAIR |
| has_ivector_repair                       | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_IVECTOR_REPAIR |
| has_mutable_array_view                   | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_MUTABLE_ARRAY_VIEW |
| has_ideque_repair                        | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_IDEQUE_REPAIR |
| has_initializer_list                     | bool            | platform.h | ETL_HAS_INITIALIZER_LIST |
| is_debug_build                           | bool            | platform.h | ETL_IS_DEBUG_BUILD |
| version                                  | long            | version.h  | ETL_VERSION_VALUE |
| version_major                            | long            | version.h  | ETL_VERSION_MAJOR |
| version_minor                            | long            | version.h  | ETL_VERSION_MINOR |
| version_patch                            | long            | version.h  | ETL_VERSION_PATCH |
| version_string                           | const char*     | version.h  | ETL_VERSION |
| version_wstring                          | const wchar_t * | version.h  | ETL_VERSION_W |
| version_u8string                         | const char8_t*  | version.h  | ETL_VERSION_U8 if `has_native_char8_t` |
| version_u16string                        | const char16_t* | version.h  | ETL_VERSION_U16 |
| version_u32string                        | const char32_t* | version.h  | ETL_VERSION_U32 |

## Examples

```cpp
if constexpr(etl::traits::is_debug_build)
{
  std::cerr << etl::traits::version_string;
}
```

---

```cpp
template <bool Has_Atomic = etl::traits::has_atomic>
class Controller;

template<>
class Controller<false>
{
  etl::mutex lock;
};

template<>
class Controller<true>
{
  etl::atomic_int lock;
};
```