StdLibExtras.h   [plain text]

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#ifndef WTF_StdLibExtras_h
#define WTF_StdLibExtras_h

#include <wtf/Platform.h>
#include <wtf/Assertions.h>

// Use these to declare and define a static local variable (static T;) so that
//  it is leaked so that its destructors are not called at exit. Using this
//  macro also allows workarounds a compiler bug present in Apple's version of GCC 4.0.1.
#if COMPILER(GCC) && defined(__APPLE_CC__) && __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 0 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ == 1
#define DEFINE_STATIC_LOCAL(type, name, arguments) \
    static type* name##Ptr = new type arguments; \
    type& name = *name##Ptr
#else
#define DEFINE_STATIC_LOCAL(type, name, arguments) \
    static type& name = *new type arguments
#endif

namespace WTF {

    /*
     * C++'s idea of a reinterpret_cast lacks sufficient cojones.
     */
    template<typename TO, typename FROM>
    TO bitwise_cast(FROM in)
    {
        COMPILE_ASSERT(sizeof(TO) == sizeof(FROM), WTF_wtf_reinterpret_cast_sizeof_types_is_equal);
        union {
            FROM from;
            TO to;
        } u;
        u.from = in;
        return u.to;
    }

} // namespace WTF

#endif