starting to offload MD namespace for repo to gen_c11 .refactor script and gen_cpp17 to namespace macros

code/base/macros.h

@@ -30,6 +30,24 @@
 #define local_persist static
 #endif
 
+#if MD_COMPILER_MSVC
+# define thread_static __declspec(thread)
+#elif MD_COMPILER_CLANG || MD_COMPILER_GCC
+# define thread_static __thread
+#endif
+
+////////////////////////////////
+//~ rjf: Branch Predictor Hints
+
+#if defined(__clang__)
+# define expect(expr, val) __builtin_expect((expr), (val))
+#else
+# define expect(expr, val) (expr)
+#endif
+
+#define likely(expr)            expect(expr,1)
+#define unlikely(expr)          expect(expr,0)
+
 #if MD_COMPILER_CPP
 #	ifndef ccast
 #	define ccast( type, value ) ( const_cast< type >( (value) ) )
@@ -106,6 +124,17 @@
 #	define MD_PARAM_DEFAULT
 #endif
 
+#if MD_COMPILER_C
+#ifndef static_assert
+#undef  static_assert
+    #if MD_COMPILER_C && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L
+        #define static_assert(condition, message) _Static_assert(condition, message)
+    #else
+        #define static_assert(condition, message) typedef char static_assertion_##__LINE__[(condition)?1:-1]
+	#endif
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #if MD_DONT_USE_NAMESPACE || MD_COMPILER_C
 #	if MD_COMPILER_C
 #		define MD_NS