/* Compile-time assert-like macros. Copyright (C) 2005 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 2, 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, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ /* Written by Paul Eggert and Jim Meyering. */ #ifndef VERIFY_H # define VERIFY_H 1 /* Each of these macros verifies that its argument R is a nonzero constant expression. To be portable, R's type must be integer (or boolean). Unlike assert, there is no run-time overhead. There are two macros, since no single macro can be used in all contexts in C. verify_true (R) is for scalar contexts, where it may be cast to void if need be. verify (R) is for declaration contexts, e.g., the top level. The symbols verify_error_if_negative_size__ and verify_function__ are private to this header. */ /* Verify requirement R at compile-time, as an integer constant expression. Return true. */ # ifdef __cplusplus template struct verify_type__ { unsigned int verify_error_if_negative_size__: w; }; # define verify_true(R) \ (!!sizeof (verify_type__<(R) ? 1 : -1>)) # else # define verify_true(R) \ (!!sizeof \ (struct { unsigned int verify_error_if_negative_size__: (R) ? 1 : -1; })) # endif /* Verify requirement R at compile-time, as a declaration without a trailing ';'. */ # define verify(R) extern int (* verify_function__ (void)) [verify_true (R)] #endif