--- /dev/null
+/* A substitute for ISO C11 <stdnoreturn.h>.
+
+ Copyright 2012-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+/* Written by Paul Eggert. */
+
+#ifndef noreturn
+
+/* ISO C11 <stdnoreturn.h> for platforms that lack it.
+
+ References:
+ ISO C11 (latest free draft
+ <http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1570.pdf>)
+ section 7.23 */
+
+/* The definition of _Noreturn is copied here. */
+
+#if 1200 <= _MSC_VER || defined __CYGWIN__
+/* On MSVC, standard include files contain declarations like
+ __declspec (noreturn) void abort (void);
+ "#define noreturn _Noreturn" would cause this declaration to be rewritten
+ to the invalid
+ __declspec (__declspec (noreturn)) void abort (void);
+
+ Similarly, on Cygwin, standard include files contain declarations like
+ void __cdecl abort (void) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
+ "#define noreturn _Noreturn" would cause this declaration to be rewritten
+ to the invalid
+ void __cdecl abort (void) __attribute__ ((__attribute__ ((__noreturn__))));
+
+ Instead, define noreturn to empty, so that such declarations are rewritten to
+ __declspec () void abort (void);
+ or
+ void __cdecl abort (void) __attribute__ (());
+ respectively. This gives up on noreturn's advice to the compiler but at
+ least it is valid code. */
+# define noreturn /*empty*/
+#else
+# define noreturn _Noreturn
+#endif
+
+/* Did he ever return?
+ No he never returned
+ And his fate is still unlearn'd ...
+ -- Steiner J, Hawes BL. M.T.A. (1949) */
+
+#endif /* noreturn */