Redesign cc::compiler_id to make variant customizable

9 files changed, 223 insertions, 190 deletions

diff --git a/build2/c/init.cxx b/build2/c/init.cxx
index 56b3f02..141c810 100644
--- a/build2/c/init.cxx
+++ b/build2/c/init.cxx
@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ namespace build2
         "c.install",
         "c.uninstall",
 
-        cm.ci_->id.value (),
+        cm.ci_->id.type,
+        cm.ci_->id.variant,
         cm.ci_->class_,
         cm.ci_->version.major,
         cm.ci_->version.minor,
@@ -326,8 +327,8 @@ namespace build2
         false, // No C modules yet.
         false, // No __symexport support since no modules.
 
-        cast<dir_paths>         (rs[cm.x_sys_lib_dirs]),
-        cast<dir_paths>         (rs[cm.x_sys_inc_dirs]),
+        cast<dir_paths> (rs[cm.x_sys_lib_dirs]),
+        cast<dir_paths> (rs[cm.x_sys_inc_dirs]),
 
         cm.sys_lib_dirs_extra,
         cm.sys_inc_dirs_extra,
diff --git a/build2/cc/common.hxx b/build2/cc/common.hxx
index deed573..9629fa3 100644
--- a/build2/cc/common.hxx
+++ b/build2/cc/common.hxx
@@ -119,20 +119,21 @@ namespace build2
       // Cached values for some commonly-used variables/values.
       //
 
-      compiler_id::value_type cid; // x.id
-      compiler_class cclass;       // x.class
-      uint64_t cmaj;               // x.version.major
-      uint64_t cmin;               // x.version.minor
-      const process_path& cpath;   // x.path
+      compiler_type ctype;          // x.id.type
+      const string& cvariant;       // x.id.variant
+      compiler_class cclass;        // x.class
+      uint64_t cmaj;                // x.version.major
+      uint64_t cmin;                // x.version.minor
+      const process_path& cpath;    // x.path
 
-      const target_triplet& ctgt;  // x.target
-      const string& tsys;          // x.target.system
-      const string& tclass;        // x.target.class
+      const target_triplet& ctgt;   // x.target
+      const string& tsys;           // x.target.system
+      const string& tclass;         // x.target.class
 
-      const strings& tstd;         // Translated x_std value (options).
+      const strings& tstd;          // Translated x_std value (options).
 
-      bool modules;                // x.features.modules
-      bool symexport;              // x.features.symexport
+      bool modules;                 // x.features.modules
+      bool symexport;               // x.features.symexport
 
       const dir_paths& sys_lib_dirs; // x.sys_lib_dirs
       const dir_paths& sys_inc_dirs; // x.sys_inc_dirs
@@ -173,7 +174,9 @@ namespace build2
             const char* link,
             const char* install,
             const char* uninstall,
-            compiler_id::value_type id, compiler_class cl,
+            compiler_type ct,
+            const string& cv,
+            compiler_class cl,
             uint64_t mj, uint64_t mi,
             const process_path& path,
             const target_triplet& tgt,
@@ -193,7 +196,9 @@ namespace build2
             x_link (link),
             x_install (install),
             x_uninstall (uninstall),
-            cid (id), cclass (cl), cmaj (mj), cmin (mi), cpath (path),
+            ctype (ct), cvariant (cv), cclass (cl),
+            cmaj (mj), cmin (mi),
+            cpath (path),
             ctgt (tgt), tsys (ctgt.system), tclass (ctgt.class_),
             tstd (std),
             modules (fm),
diff --git a/build2/cc/compile-rule.cxx b/build2/cc/compile-rule.cxx
index 4431abd..d0ef61a 100644
--- a/build2/cc/compile-rule.cxx
+++ b/build2/cc/compile-rule.cxx
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 #include <build2/cc/module.hxx>
 #include <build2/cc/utility.hxx>
 
-using namespace std;
+using std::exit;
+using std::strlen;
+
 using namespace butl;
 
 namespace build2
@@ -156,9 +158,9 @@ namespace build2
       bool m (md.type == translation_type::module_iface);
       //preprocessed p (md.pp);
 
-      switch (cid)
+      switch (ctype)
       {
-      case compiler_id::gcc:
+      case compiler_type::gcc:
         {
           // Ignore the preprocessed value since for GCC it is handled via
           // -fpreprocessed -fdirectives-only.
@@ -170,8 +172,7 @@ namespace build2
           }
         }
         // Fall through.
-      case compiler_id::clang:
-      case compiler_id::clang_apple:
+      case compiler_type::clang:
         {
           // Clang has *-cpp-output (but not c++-module-cpp-output) and they
           // handle comments and line continuations. However, currently this
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ namespace build2
           }
         }
         // Fall through.
-      case compiler_id::msvc:
+      case compiler_type::msvc:
         {
           switch (x_lang)
           {
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ namespace build2
           }
         }
         // Fall through.
-      case compiler_id::icc:
+      case compiler_type::icc:
         {
           switch (x_lang)
           {
@@ -552,25 +553,24 @@ namespace build2
           }
         }
 
-        switch (cid)
+        switch (ctype)
         {
-        case compiler_id::gcc:
+        case compiler_type::gcc:
           {
             e += mod ? "nms" : o;
             break;
           }
-        case compiler_id::clang:
-        case compiler_id::clang_apple:
+        case compiler_type::clang:
           {
             e += mod ? "pcm" : o;
             break;
           }
-        case compiler_id::msvc:
+        case compiler_type::msvc:
           {
             e += mod ? "ifc" : o;
             break;
           }
-        case compiler_id::icc:
+        case compiler_type::icc:
           {
             assert (!mod);
             e += o;
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ namespace build2
           // original source (something to do with having to detect and store
           // header boundaries in the .ifc files).
           //
-          if (cid == compiler_id::msvc)
+          if (ctype == compiler_type::msvc)
           {
             if (md.type == translation_type::module_iface)
               psrc.second = false;
@@ -1516,9 +1516,9 @@ namespace build2
       //
       const char* pp (nullptr);
 
-      switch (cid)
+      switch (ctype)
       {
-      case compiler_id::gcc:
+      case compiler_type::gcc:
         {
           // -fdirectives-only is available since GCC 4.3.0.
           //
@@ -1527,8 +1527,7 @@ namespace build2
 
           break;
         }
-      case compiler_id::clang:
-      case compiler_id::clang_apple:
+      case compiler_type::clang:
         {
           // -frewrite-includes is available since vanilla Clang 3.2.0.
           //
@@ -1536,19 +1535,19 @@ namespace build2
           // option (4.2 is based on 3.2svc so it may or may not have it and,
           // no, we are not going to try to find out).
           //
-          if (cid == compiler_id::clang_apple
+          if (cvariant == "apple"
               ? (cmaj >= 5)
               : (cmaj > 3 || (cmaj == 3 && cmin >= 2)))
             pp = "-frewrite-includes";
 
           break;
         }
-      case compiler_id::msvc:
+      case compiler_type::msvc:
         {
           pp = "/C";
           break;
         }
-      case compiler_id::icc:
+      case compiler_type::icc:
         break;
       }
 
@@ -1914,8 +1913,7 @@ namespace build2
           case compiler_class::msvc: werror = "/WX";     break;
           }
 
-          bool clang (cid == compiler_id::clang      ||
-                      cid == compiler_id::clang_apple);
+          bool clang (ctype == compiler_type::clang);
 
           append_options (args, t, c_coptions, werror);
           append_options (args, t, x_coptions, werror);
@@ -2016,7 +2014,7 @@ namespace build2
                 // diagnostics on the -E runs (which we do by redirecting
                 // stderr to stdout).
                 //
-                if (cid == compiler_id::gcc)
+                if (ctype == compiler_type::gcc)
                 {
                   // Use the .t extension (for "temporary"; .d is taken).
                   //
@@ -2068,7 +2066,7 @@ namespace build2
             args[i++] = src.path ().string ().c_str ();
             args[i]   = nullptr;
 
-            if (cid == compiler_id::gcc)
+            if (ctype == compiler_type::gcc)
             {
               sense_diag = false;
             }
@@ -2082,7 +2080,7 @@ namespace build2
             args[i++] = pp;
             args[i]   = "-MF";
 
-            if (cid == compiler_id::gcc)
+            if (ctype == compiler_type::gcc)
             {
               r = &drm.path;
               sense_diag = true;
@@ -2980,8 +2978,7 @@ namespace build2
           case compiler_class::msvc: werror = "/WX";     break;
           }
 
-          bool clang (cid == compiler_id::clang      ||
-                      cid == compiler_id::clang_apple);
+          bool clang (ctype == compiler_type::clang);
 
           append_options (args, t, c_coptions, werror);
           append_options (args, t, x_coptions, werror);
@@ -3024,7 +3021,7 @@ namespace build2
                 args.push_back ("-x");
                 args.push_back (langopt (md));
 
-                if (cid == compiler_id::gcc)
+                if (ctype == compiler_type::gcc)
                 {
                   args.push_back ("-fpreprocessed");
                   args.push_back ("-fdirectives-only");
@@ -3104,7 +3101,7 @@ namespace build2
             // syntax so we use the preprequisite type to distinguish between
             // interface and implementation units.
             //
-            if (cid == compiler_id::msvc &&
+            if (ctype == compiler_type::msvc &&
                 cmaj == 19 && cmin <= 11 &&
                 x_mod != nullptr && src.is_a (*x_mod))
             {
@@ -3229,9 +3226,9 @@ namespace build2
 
       // Save the module map for compilers that use it.
       //
-      switch (cid)
+      switch (ctype)
       {
-      case compiler_id::gcc:
+      case compiler_type::gcc:
         {
           // We don't need to redo this if the above hash hasn't changed and
           // the database is still valid.
@@ -4067,9 +4064,9 @@ namespace build2
       const module_positions& ms (md.mods);
       dir_path stdifc; // See the VC case below.
 
-      switch (cid)
+      switch (ctype)
       {
-      case compiler_id::gcc:
+      case compiler_type::gcc:
         {
           // Use the module map stored in depdb.
           //
@@ -4085,8 +4082,7 @@ namespace build2
 
           break;
         }
-      case compiler_id::clang:
-      case compiler_id::clang_apple:
+      case compiler_type::clang:
         {
           if (ms.start == 0)
             return;
@@ -4149,7 +4145,7 @@ namespace build2
 #endif
           break;
         }
-      case compiler_id::msvc:
+      case compiler_type::msvc:
         {
           if (ms.start == 0)
             return;
@@ -4198,7 +4194,7 @@ namespace build2
           }
           break;
         }
-      case compiler_id::icc:
+      case compiler_type::icc:
         assert (false);
       }
 
@@ -4422,9 +4418,9 @@ namespace build2
 
         if (mod)
         {
-          switch (cid)
+          switch (ctype)
           {
-          case compiler_id::gcc:
+          case compiler_type::gcc:
             {
               // Output module file is specified in the mapping file, the
               // same as input.
@@ -4434,8 +4430,7 @@ namespace build2
               args.push_back ("-c");
               break;
             }
-          case compiler_id::clang:
-          case compiler_id::clang_apple:
+          case compiler_type::clang:
             {
               relm = relative (tp);
 
@@ -4452,8 +4447,8 @@ namespace build2
 
               break;
             }
-          case compiler_id::msvc:
-          case compiler_id::icc:
+          case compiler_type::msvc:
+          case compiler_type::icc:
             assert (false);
           }
         }
@@ -4472,9 +4467,9 @@ namespace build2
           // Note that the mode we select must still handle comments and line
           // continuations. So some more compiler-specific voodoo.
           //
-          switch (cid)
+          switch (ctype)
           {
-          case compiler_id::gcc:
+          case compiler_type::gcc:
             {
               // -fdirectives-only is available since GCC 4.3.0.
               //
@@ -4485,17 +4480,16 @@ namespace build2
               }
               break;
             }
-          case compiler_id::clang:
-          case compiler_id::clang_apple:
+          case compiler_type::clang:
             {
               // Clang handles comments and line continuations in the
               // preprocessed source (it does not have -fpreprocessed).
               //
               break;
             }
-          case compiler_id::icc:
+          case compiler_type::icc:
             break; // Compile as normal source for now.
-          case compiler_id::msvc:
+          case compiler_type::msvc:
             assert (false);
           }
         }
@@ -4530,9 +4524,9 @@ namespace build2
 
         // This should match with how we setup preprocessing.
         //
-        switch (cid)
+        switch (ctype)
         {
-        case compiler_id::gcc:
+        case compiler_type::gcc:
           {
             // The -fpreprocessed is implied by .i/.ii.
             //
@@ -4541,21 +4535,20 @@ namespace build2
             args.push_back ("-fdirectives-only");
             break;
           }
-        case compiler_id::clang:
-        case compiler_id::clang_apple:
+        case compiler_type::clang:
           {
             // Note that without -x Clang will treat .i/.ii as fully
             // preprocessed.
             //
             break;
           }
-        case compiler_id::msvc:
+        case compiler_type::msvc:
           {
             // Nothing to do (/TP or /TC already there).
             //
             break;
           }
-        case compiler_id::icc:
+        case compiler_type::icc:
           assert (false);
         }
 
@@ -4583,7 +4576,7 @@ namespace build2
         // tries to pull off something similar. For sane compilers this should
         // be harmless.
         //
-        bool filter (cid == compiler_id::msvc);
+        bool filter (ctype == compiler_type::msvc);
 
         process pr (cpath,
                     args.data (),
@@ -4631,8 +4624,7 @@ namespace build2
       // Clang's module compilation requires two separate compiler
       // invocations.
       //
-      if (mod && (cid == compiler_id::clang ||
-                  cid == compiler_id::clang_apple))
+      if (mod && ctype == compiler_type::clang)
       {
         // Remove the target file if this fails. If we don't do that, we will
         // end up with a broken build that is up-to-date.
@@ -4688,15 +4680,14 @@ namespace build2
     {
       const file& t (xt.as<file> ());
 
-      using id = compiler_id;
+      using ct = compiler_type;
 
-      switch (cid)
+      switch (ctype)
       {
-      case id::gcc:   return clean_extra (a, t, {".d", x_pext, ".t"});
-      case id::clang_apple:
-      case id::clang: return clean_extra (a, t, {".d", x_pext});
-      case id::msvc:  return clean_extra (a, t, {".d", x_pext, ".idb", ".pdb"});
-      case id::icc:   return clean_extra (a, t, {".d"});
+      case ct::gcc:   return clean_extra (a, t, {".d", x_pext, ".t"});
+      case ct::clang: return clean_extra (a, t, {".d", x_pext});
+      case ct::msvc:  return clean_extra (a, t, {".d", x_pext, ".idb", ".pdb"});
+      case ct::icc:   return clean_extra (a, t, {".d"});
       }
 
       assert (false);
diff --git a/build2/cc/guess.cxx b/build2/cc/guess.cxx
index e75a6ee..4e581a7 100644
--- a/build2/cc/guess.cxx
+++ b/build2/cc/guess.cxx
@@ -15,40 +15,62 @@ namespace build2
 {
   namespace cc
   {
-    compiler_id::
-    compiler_id (value_type v)
+    string
+    to_string (compiler_type t)
     {
-      switch (v)
+      string r;
+
+      switch (t)
       {
-      case clang_apple: type = "clang"; variant = "apple"; break;
-      case clang:       type = "clang";                    break;
-      case gcc:         type = "gcc";                      break;
-      case msvc:        type = "msvc";                     break;
-      case icc:         type = "icc";                      break;
+      case compiler_type::clang: r = "clang"; break;
+      case compiler_type::gcc:   r = "gcc";   break;
+      case compiler_type::msvc:  r = "msvc";  break;
+      case compiler_type::icc:   r = "icc";   break;
       }
+
+      return r;
+    }
+
+#if 0
+    compiler_id::
+    compiler_id (const std::string& t, std::string v)
+        : type (t == "gcc"   ? compiler_type::gcc   :
+                t == "clang" ? compiler_type::clang :
+                t == "msvc"  ? compiler_type::msvc  :
+                t == "icc"   ? compiler_type::icc   : invalid_compiler_type),
+          variant (move (v))
+    {
+      if (t == invalid_compiler_type)
+        throw invalid_argument ("invalid compiler type value '" + t + "'");
     }
+#endif
 
-    auto compiler_id::
-    value () const -> value_type
+    string compiler_id::
+    string () const
     {
-      if (type == "gcc")   return gcc;
-      if (type == "clang") return variant.empty () ? clang : clang_apple;
-      if (type == "msvc")  return msvc;
-      if (type == "icc")   return icc;
+      std::string r (to_string (type));
 
-      assert (false);
-      return gcc;
+      if (!variant.empty ())
+      {
+        r += '-';
+        r += variant;
+      }
+
+      return r;
     }
 
     string
-    to_string (compiler_class cl)
+    to_string (compiler_class c)
     {
-      switch (cl)
+      string r;
+
+      switch (c)
       {
-      case compiler_class::gcc:  return "gcc";
-      case compiler_class::msvc: return "msvc";
+      case compiler_class::gcc:  r = "gcc";  break;
+      case compiler_class::msvc: r = "msvc"; break;
       }
-      return string (); // Never reached.
+
+      return r;
     }
 
     // Standard library detection for GCC-class compilers.
@@ -179,7 +201,7 @@ namespace build2
     // example, because the compiler name is a generic 'c++'). Note that it
     // only guesses the type, not the variant.
     //
-    static pair<string, size_t>
+    static pair<compiler_type, size_t>
     pre_guess (lang xl, const path& xc)
     {
       tracer trace ("cc::pre_guess");
@@ -216,8 +238,9 @@ namespace build2
       const char* es (nullptr); // Expected stem.
       size_t p;                 // Executable name position.
 
+      using type = compiler_type;
+      using pair = std::pair<type, size_t>;
       const size_t npos (string::npos);
-      using pair = std::pair<string, size_t>;
 
       switch (xl)
       {
@@ -225,10 +248,10 @@ namespace build2
         {
           // Keep msvc last since 'cl' is very generic.
           //
-          if ((p = stem ("gcc"))   != npos) return pair ("gcc",   p);
-          if ((p = stem ("clang")) != npos) return pair ("clang", p);
-          if ((p = stem ("icc"))   != npos) return pair ("icc",   p);
-          if ((p = stem ("cl"))    != npos) return pair ("msvc",  p);
+          if ((p = stem ("gcc"))   != npos) return pair (type::gcc,   p);
+          if ((p = stem ("clang")) != npos) return pair (type::clang, p);
+          if ((p = stem ("icc"))   != npos) return pair (type::icc,   p);
+          if ((p = stem ("cl"))    != npos) return pair (type::msvc,  p);
 
           if      (stem (as = "g++")     != npos) es = "gcc";
           else if (stem (as = "clang++") != npos) es = "clang";
@@ -242,10 +265,10 @@ namespace build2
         {
           // Keep msvc last since 'cl' is very generic.
           //
-          if ((p = stem ("g++"))     != npos) return pair ("gcc",   p);
-          if ((p = stem ("clang++")) != npos) return pair ("clang", p);
-          if ((p = stem ("icpc"))    != npos) return pair ("icc",   p);
-          if ((p = stem ("cl"))      != npos) return pair ("msvc",  p);
+          if ((p = stem ("g++"))     != npos) return pair (type::gcc,   p);
+          if ((p = stem ("clang++")) != npos) return pair (type::clang, p);
+          if ((p = stem ("icpc"))    != npos) return pair (type::icc,   p);
+          if ((p = stem ("cl"))      != npos) return pair (type::msvc,  p);
 
           if      (stem (as = "gcc")   != npos) es = "g++";
           else if (stem (as = "clang") != npos) es = "clang++";
@@ -261,9 +284,9 @@ namespace build2
         warn << xc << " looks like a " << o << " compiler" <<
           info << "should it be '" << es << "' instead of '" << as << "'?";
 
-      l4 ([&]{trace << "unable to guess  compiler type of " << xc;});
+      l4 ([&]{trace << "unable to guess compiler type of " << xc;});
 
-      return pair ("", string::npos);
+      return pair (invalid_compiler_type, string::npos);
     }
 
     // Guess the compiler type and variant by running it. If the pre argument
@@ -288,7 +311,7 @@ namespace build2
     // Allowed to change pre if succeeds.
     //
     static guess_result
-    guess (lang, const string& xv, const path& xc, string& pre)
+    guess (lang, const string& xv, const path& xc, compiler_type& pre)
     {
       tracer trace ("cc::guess");
 
@@ -305,6 +328,9 @@ namespace build2
         xp = run_search (xc, false /* init */); // Note: cached.
       }
 
+      using type = compiler_type;
+      const type invalid = invalid_compiler_type;
+
       // Start with -v. This will cover gcc and clang.
       //
       // While icc also writes what may seem like something we can use to
@@ -320,7 +346,9 @@ namespace build2
       // In fact, if someone renames icpc to g++, there will be no way for
       // us to detect this. Oh, well, their problem.
       //
-      if (r.empty () && (pre.empty () || pre == "gcc" || pre == "clang"))
+      if (r.empty () && (pre == invalid   ||
+                         pre == type::gcc ||
+                         pre == type::clang))
       {
         auto f = [] (string& l) -> guess_result
         {
@@ -340,7 +368,7 @@ namespace build2
           // gcc version 6.0.0 20160131 (experimental) (GCC)
           //
           if (l.compare (0, 4, "gcc ") == 0)
-            return guess_result (compiler_id {"gcc", ""}, move (l));
+            return guess_result (compiler_id {type::gcc, ""}, move (l));
 
           // The Apple clang/clang++ -v output will have a line (currently
           // first) in the form:
@@ -370,7 +398,7 @@ namespace build2
           if (l.compare (0, 6, "Apple ") == 0 &&
               (l.compare (6, 5, "LLVM ") == 0 ||
                l.compare (6, 6, "clang ") == 0))
-            return guess_result (compiler_id {"clang", "apple"}, move (l));
+            return guess_result (compiler_id {type::clang, "apple"}, move (l));
 
           // The vanilla clang/clang++ -v output will have a line (currently
           // first) in the form:
@@ -385,7 +413,7 @@ namespace build2
           // clang version 3.7.0 (tags/RELEASE_370/final)
           //
           if (l.find ("clang ") != string::npos)
-            return guess_result (compiler_id {"clang", ""}, move (l));
+            return guess_result (compiler_id {type::clang, ""}, move (l));
 
           return guess_result ();
         };
@@ -411,8 +439,10 @@ namespace build2
           // If this is clang-apple and pre-guess was gcc then change it so
           // that we don't issue any warnings.
           //
-          if (r.id.type == "clang" && r.id.variant == "apple" && pre == "gcc")
-            pre = "clang";
+          if (r.id.type == type::clang &&
+              r.id.variant == "apple"  &&
+              pre == type::gcc)
+            pre = type::clang;
 
           r.checksum = cs.string ();
         }
@@ -420,7 +450,7 @@ namespace build2
 
       // Next try --version to detect icc.
       //
-      if (r.empty () && (pre.empty () || pre == "icc"))
+      if (r.empty () && (pre == invalid || pre == type::icc))
       {
         auto f = [] (string& l) -> guess_result
         {
@@ -435,7 +465,7 @@ namespace build2
           // icc (ICC) 16.0.2 20160204
           //
           if (l.find (" (ICC) ") != string::npos)
-            return guess_result (compiler_id {"icc", ""}, move (l));
+            return guess_result (compiler_id {type::icc, ""}, move (l));
 
           return guess_result ();
         };
@@ -446,7 +476,7 @@ namespace build2
       // Finally try to run it without any options to detect msvc.
       //
       //
-      if (r.empty () && (pre.empty () || pre == "msvc"))
+      if (r.empty () && (pre == invalid || pre == type::msvc))
       {
         auto f = [] (string& l) -> guess_result
         {
@@ -468,7 +498,7 @@ namespace build2
           //
           if (l.find ("Microsoft (R)") != string::npos &&
               l.find ("C/C++") != string::npos)
-            return guess_result (compiler_id {"msvc", ""}, move (l));
+            return guess_result (compiler_id {type::msvc, ""}, move (l));
 
           return guess_result ();
         };
@@ -487,7 +517,7 @@ namespace build2
 
       if (!r.empty ())
       {
-        if (!pre.empty () && r.id.type != pre)
+        if (pre != invalid && r.id.type != pre)
         {
           l4 ([&]{trace << "compiler type guess mismatch"
                         << ", pre-guessed " << pre
@@ -1485,15 +1515,15 @@ namespace build2
           return i->second;
       }
 
-      pair<string, size_t> pre (pre_guess (xl, xc));
-      string& type (pre.first);
+      pair<compiler_type, size_t> pre (pre_guess (xl, xc));
+      compiler_type& type (pre.first);
 
       // If we could pre-guess the type based on the excutable name, then
       // try the test just for that compiler.
       //
       guess_result gr;
 
-      if (!type.empty ())
+      if (type != invalid_compiler_type)
       {
         gr = guess (xl, xv, xc, type);
 
@@ -1501,7 +1531,7 @@ namespace build2
           warn << xc << " looks like " << type << " but it is not" <<
             info << "use " << xv << " to override";
 
-        type.clear ();
+        type = invalid_compiler_type;
       }
 
       if (gr.empty ())
@@ -1513,36 +1543,31 @@ namespace build2
       compiler_info r;
       const compiler_id& id (gr.id);
 
-      switch (id.value ())
+      switch (id.type)
       {
-      case compiler_id::gcc:
+      case compiler_type::gcc:
         {
-          assert (id.variant.empty ());
           r = guess_gcc (xl, xc,
                          c_po, x_po, c_co, x_co, c_lo, x_lo,
                          move (gr));
           break;
         }
-      case compiler_id::clang:
-      case compiler_id::clang_apple:
+      case compiler_type::clang:
         {
-          assert (id.variant.empty () || id.variant == "apple");
           r = guess_clang (xl, xc,
                            c_po, x_po, c_co, x_co, c_lo, x_lo,
                            move (gr));
           break;
         }
-      case compiler_id::msvc:
+      case compiler_type::msvc:
         {
-          assert (id.variant.empty ());
           r = guess_msvc (xl, xc,
                           c_po, x_po, c_co, x_co, c_lo, x_lo,
                           move (gr));
           break;
         }
-      case compiler_id::icc:
+      case compiler_type::icc:
         {
-          assert (id.variant.empty ());
           r = guess_icc (xl, xc,
                          c_po, x_po, c_co, x_co, c_lo, x_lo,
                          move (gr));
diff --git a/build2/cc/guess.hxx b/build2/cc/guess.hxx
index 6e0281c..8b10b29 100644
--- a/build2/cc/guess.hxx
+++ b/build2/cc/guess.hxx
@@ -26,45 +26,53 @@ namespace build2
     // msvc         Microsoft cl.exe
     // icc          Intel icc/icpc
     //
-    struct compiler_id
+    // Note that the user can provide a custom id with one of the predefined
+    // types and a custom variant (say 'gcc-tasking').
+    //
+    enum class compiler_type
     {
-      std::string type;
-      std::string variant;
+      gcc = 1, // 0 value represents invalid type.
+      clang,
+      msvc,
+      icc
+      // Update compiler_id(string) and to_string() if adding a new type.
+    };
 
-      bool
-      empty () const {return type.empty ();}
+    const compiler_type invalid_compiler_type = static_cast<compiler_type> (0);
 
-      std::string
-      string () const {return variant.empty () ? type : type + "-" + variant;}
-
-      enum value_type
-      {
-        gcc,
-        clang,
-        clang_apple,
-        msvc,
-        icc
-      };
-
-      value_type
-      value () const;
-
-      compiler_id () = default;
-      compiler_id (value_type);
-      compiler_id (std::string t, std::string v)
-          : type (move (t)), variant (move (v)) {}
-    };
+    string
+    to_string (compiler_type);
 
     inline ostream&
-    operator<< (ostream& os, const compiler_id& id)
+    operator<< (ostream& o, const compiler_type& t)
     {
-      return os << id.string ();
+      return o << to_string (t);
     }
 
+    struct compiler_id
+    {
+      compiler_type type = invalid_compiler_type;
+      std::string   variant;
+
+      bool
+      empty () const {return type == invalid_compiler_type;}
+
+      std::string
+      string () const;
+
+      compiler_id ()
+          : type (invalid_compiler_type) {}
+
+      compiler_id (compiler_type t, std::string v)
+          : type (t), variant (move (v)) {}
+
+      //compiler_id (const std::string& type, std::string variant);
+    };
+
     inline ostream&
-    operator<< (ostream& os, const compiler_id::value_type& v)
+    operator<< (ostream& o, const compiler_id& id)
     {
-      return os << compiler_id (v);
+      return o << id.string ();
     }
 
     // Compiler class describes a set of compilers that follow more or less
@@ -87,9 +95,9 @@ namespace build2
     to_string (compiler_class);
 
     inline ostream&
-    operator<< (ostream& os, compiler_class cl)
+    operator<< (ostream& o, compiler_class c)
     {
-      return os << to_string (cl);
+      return o << to_string (c);
     }
 
     // Compiler version. Here we map the various compiler version formats to
diff --git a/build2/cc/link-rule.cxx b/build2/cc/link-rule.cxx
index 0ff339d..230fc6f 100644
--- a/build2/cc/link-rule.cxx
+++ b/build2/cc/link-rule.cxx
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 #include <build2/cc/target.hxx>  // c, pc*
 #include <build2/cc/utility.hxx>
 
-using namespace std;
+using std::map;
+using std::exit;
+
 using namespace butl;
 
 namespace build2
@@ -2143,7 +2145,7 @@ namespace build2
           if (!find_option ("/INCREMENTAL", args, true))
             args.push_back ("/INCREMENTAL:NO");
 
-          if (cid == compiler_id::clang)
+          if (ctype == compiler_type::clang)
           {
             // According to Clang's MSVC.cpp, we shall link libcmt.lib (static
             // multi-threaded runtime) unless -nostdlib or -nostartfiles is
diff --git a/build2/cc/module.cxx b/build2/cc/module.cxx
index 76935f9..363f1d0 100644
--- a/build2/cc/module.cxx
+++ b/build2/cc/module.cxx
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ namespace build2
       // Assign values to variables that describe the compiler.
       //
       rs.assign (x_id) = ci.id.string ();
-      rs.assign (x_id_type) = ci.id.type;
+      rs.assign (x_id_type) = to_string (ci.id.type);
       rs.assign (x_id_variant) = ci.id.variant;
 
       rs.assign (x_class) = to_string (ci.class_);
diff --git a/build2/cxx/init.cxx b/build2/cxx/init.cxx
index 2fa5dac..80a7b66 100644
--- a/build2/cxx/init.cxx
+++ b/build2/cxx/init.cxx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace build2
   namespace cxx
   {
     using cc::compiler_id;
+    using cc::compiler_type;
     using cc::compiler_class;
     using cc::compiler_info;
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ namespace build2
     {
       strings r;
 
-      compiler_id::value_type id (ci.id.value ());
+      compiler_type ct (ci.id.type);
       compiler_class cl (ci.class_);
       uint64_t mj (ci.version.major);
       uint64_t mi (ci.version.minor);
@@ -81,9 +82,9 @@ namespace build2
         //
         const char* o (nullptr);
 
-        switch (id)
+        switch (ct)
         {
-        case compiler_id::msvc:
+        case compiler_type::msvc:
           {
             // VC14u3 and later has /std:c++latest.
             //
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ namespace build2
 
             break;
           }
-        case compiler_id::gcc:
+        case compiler_type::gcc:
           {
             if      (mj >= 8)            o = "-std=c++2a"; // 20
             else if (mj >= 5)            o = "-std=c++1z"; // 17
@@ -101,8 +102,7 @@ namespace build2
 
             break;
           }
-        case compiler_id::clang:
-        case compiler_id::clang_apple:
+        case compiler_type::clang:
           {
             // Remap Apple versions to vanilla Clang based on the following
             // release point. Note that Apple no longer discloses the mapping
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace build2
             // Note that this mapping is also used to enable experimental
             // features below.
             //
-            if (id == compiler_id::clang_apple)
+            if (ci.id.variant == "apple")
             {
               if      (mj >= 9)            {mj = 4; mi = 0;}
               else if (mj == 8)            {mj = 3; mi = 9;}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace build2
 
             break;
           }
-        case compiler_id::icc:
+        case compiler_type::icc:
           {
             if      (mj >= 17)                         o = "-std=c++1z"; // 17
             else if (mj >  15 || (mj == 15 && p >= 3)) o = "-std=c++1y"; // 14
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ namespace build2
           lookup l;
           if (!(l = rs[v_m]) || cast<bool> (l))
           {
-            switch (id)
+            switch (ct)
             {
-            case compiler_id::msvc:
+            case compiler_type::msvc:
               {
                 // While modules are supported in VC15u0 (19.10), there is a
                 // bug in separate interface/implementation unit support which
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ namespace build2
                 }
                 break;
               }
-            case compiler_id::gcc:
+            case compiler_type::gcc:
               {
                 // Enable starting with GCC 9.0.0 (currently the c++-modules
                 // branch).
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ namespace build2
                 }
                 break;
               }
-            case compiler_id::clang:
-            case compiler_id::clang_apple:
+            case compiler_type::clang:
               {
                 // Enable starting with Clang 6.0.0.
                 //
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ namespace build2
                 }
                 break;
               }
-            case compiler_id::icc:
+            case compiler_type::icc:
               break; // No modules support yet.
             }
           }
@@ -553,7 +552,8 @@ namespace build2
         "cxx.install",
         "cxx.uninstall",
 
-        cm.ci_->id.value (),
+        cm.ci_->id.type,
+        cm.ci_->id.variant,
         cm.ci_->class_,
         cm.ci_->version.major,
         cm.ci_->version.minor,
diff --git a/build2/types.hxx b/build2/types.hxx
index 219608c..a4aad41 100644
--- a/build2/types.hxx
+++ b/build2/types.hxx
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ namespace build2
 
   using std::istream;
   using std::ostream;
+  using std::endl;
 
   // Concurrency.
   //