Expose enabled/requested features in `FeatureConfigurationForStarlark` to Starlark
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Description
### Description of the feature request:
I have a need to introspect the current feature configuration of the current toolchain from starlark, but currently that's not possible:
* `is_enabled()` and `is_requested()` both are considered private API:
```
Error in is_enabled: file '//pw_toolchain/cc/current_toolchain:enabled_toolchain_feature.bzl' cannot use private API
```
* Enabled and requested feature names are not exposed to Starlark as list members of a `FeatureConfiguration` provider.
### Which category does this issue belong to?
C++ Rules
### What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?
In short, I'm exposing the current toolchain configuration so it can be communicated for use in `config_settings` as a more granular way to control `select()` statements throughout a build. This is meant to be a more powerful alternative to [`compiler_flag`](https://cs.opensource.google/bazel/bazel/+/master:tools/cpp/compiler_flag.bzl) in `@bazel_tools`. This would, for example, allow toolchains to communicate the flavor of compiler and linker in parallel via sentinel features, which is important for some configurations where `clang` might be used to compile while `gcc` is used to link.
More context at https://pwbug.dev/361229275.
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
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### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
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### If `bazel info release` returns `development version` or `(@non-git)`, tell us how you built Bazel.
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### What's the output of `git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD` ?
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### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
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### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating FeatureConfigurationForStarlark and the handling of is_enabled() and is_requested(), then compare the existing FeatureConfiguration provider surface with the compiler_flag.bzl approach. Done means Starlark can inspect enabled and requested feature names for the current toolchain without private-API errors, with coverage for the exposed provider values.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100