Add simple test of C/C++ hardening flags

docs/Compiler-Hardening-Guides/Makefile

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+# Test C/C++ hardening flags
+
+# Copyright Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and its contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
+# Test hardening flags. You can set CC to the compiler to use. E.g.:
+# make CC=clang
+# make CC=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/13.2.0/bin/gcc-13
+
+# Extract the current hardening recommendations so we can test them.
+# We use GNU make extensions $(shell ...) and ":=" to do this.
+# Recent POSIX adds "!=" and "::=" but they are not yet universally supported,
+# e.g., Apple MacOS only supplies an obsolete version of GNU Make.
+
+CFLAGS_HARDENING := $(shell sed -e '1,/~~~~/d' -e '/~~~~/,$$d' -e 's/\\$$//' \
+                      Compiler-Options-Hardening-Guide-for-C-and-C++.md )
+
+# Could add architecture-specific flags, e.g.:
+# -fcf-protection=full -mbranch-protection=standard
+
+CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS_HARDENING) $(CFLAGS)
+
+all: demo
+
+demo: demo.c

docs/Compiler-Hardening-Guides/demo.c

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+// Test C/C++ hardening flags
+
+// Copyright Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and its contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+// Linux 5.10 solution:
+#if __has_attribute(__fallthrough__)
+# define fallthrough                    __attribute__((__fallthrough__))
+#else
+# define fallthrough                    do {} while (0)  /* fallthrough */
+#endif
+
+int main(void) {
+	int c = 0;
+	switch (c) {
+		case 1:
+			printf("Hello\n");
+			fallthrough;
+		case 0:
+			printf("Goodbye\n");
+			fallthrough;
+		default:
+			printf("Default\n");
+	}
+}