StdLibExtras.h   [plain text]


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#ifndef StdLibExtras_h
#define StdLibExtras_h

#include "BCompiler.h"
#include <memory>
#include <type_traits>

namespace bmalloc {

template<typename ToType, typename FromType>
inline ToType bitwise_cast(FromType from)
{
    static_assert(sizeof(FromType) == sizeof(ToType), "bitwise_cast size of FromType and ToType must be equal!");
#if BCOMPILER_HAS_CLANG_FEATURE(is_trivially_copyable)
    // Not all recent STL implementations support the std::is_trivially_copyable type trait. Work around this by only checking on toolchains which have the equivalent compiler intrinsic.
    static_assert(__is_trivially_copyable(ToType), "bitwise_cast of non-trivially-copyable type!");
    static_assert(__is_trivially_copyable(FromType), "bitwise_cast of non-trivially-copyable type!");
#endif
    typename std::remove_const<ToType>::type to { };
    memcpy(static_cast<void*>(&to), static_cast<void*>(&from), sizeof(to));
    return to;
}

} // namespace bmalloc

#endif // StdLibExtras_h