#define mi_decl_cache_align
#endif
+#if (MI_DEBUG)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define mi_decl_noreturn __declspec(noreturn)
+#elif (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 3)) || defined(__clang__)
+#define mi_decl_noreturn __attribute__((__noreturn__))
+#else
+#define mi_decl_noreturn
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * 'cold' attribute seems to have been fully supported since GCC 4.x.
+ * See https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/52bf96d2f299e9e6.
+ */
+#if (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 4)) || defined(__clang__)
+#define mi_decl_cold __attribute__((cold))
+#else
+#define mi_decl_cold
+#endif
+
+#if (defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__THROW))
+#define mi_decl_throw __THROW
+#else
+#define mi_decl_throw
+#endif
+#endif
+
// ------------------------------------------------------
// Variants
// ------------------------------------------------------
#if (MI_DEBUG)
// use our own assertion to print without memory allocation
-void _mi_assert_fail(const char* assertion, const char* fname, unsigned int line, const char* func );
+mi_decl_noreturn mi_decl_cold mi_decl_throw
+void _mi_assert_fail(const char* assertion, const char* fname, unsigned int line, const char* func);
#define mi_assert(expr) ((expr) ? (void)0 : _mi_assert_fail(#expr,__FILE__,__LINE__,__func__))
#else
#define mi_assert(x)