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+// Copyright (c) 2019, Google Inc.
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+// met:
+//
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+
+#ifndef BREAKPAD_COMMON_MACROS_H_
+#define BREAKPAD_COMMON_MACROS_H_
+
+// Ensure that this macro definition stays in a private header file: clang
+// suggests the first macro expanding to [[clang::fallthrough]] in its
+// diagnostics, so if BP_FALLTHROUGH is visible in code depending on breakpad,
+// clang would suggest BP_FALLTHROUGH for code depending on breakpad, instead of
+// the client code's own fallthrough macro.
+// TODO(thakis): Once everyone uses C++17, use its [[fallthrough]] instead.
+#if defined(__clang__)
+#define BP_FALLTHROUGH [[clang::fallthrough]]
+#else
+#define BP_FALLTHROUGH
+#endif
+
+#endif // BREAKPAD_COMMON_MACROS_H_