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1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 #ifndef BASE_BASICTYPES_H_
6 #define BASE_BASICTYPES_H_
8 #include <limits.h> // So we can set the bounds of our types
9 #include <stddef.h> // For size_t
10 #include <string.h> // for memcpy
12 #include "base/compiler_specific.h"
13 #include "base/port.h" // Types that only need exist on certain systems
15 #ifndef COMPILER_MSVC
16 // stdint.h is part of C99 but MSVC doesn't have it.
17 #include <stdint.h> // For intptr_t.
18 #endif
20 typedef signed char schar;
21 typedef signed char int8;
22 typedef short int16;
23 typedef int int32;
25 // The NSPR system headers define 64-bit as |long| when possible, except on
26 // Mac OS X. In order to not have typedef mismatches, we do the same on LP64.
28 // On Mac OS X, |long long| is used for 64-bit types for compatibility with
29 // <inttypes.h> format macros even in the LP64 model.
30 #if defined(__LP64__) && !defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_OPENBSD)
31 typedef long int64;
32 #else
33 typedef long long int64;
34 #endif
36 // NOTE: It is DANGEROUS to compare signed with unsigned types in loop
37 // conditions and other conditional expressions, and it is DANGEROUS to
38 // compute object/allocation sizes, indices, and offsets with signed types.
39 // Integer overflow behavior for signed types is UNDEFINED in the C/C++
40 // standards, but is defined for unsigned types.
42 // Use the unsigned types if your variable represents a bit pattern (e.g. a
43 // hash value), object or allocation size, object count, offset,
44 // array/vector index, etc.
46 // Do NOT use 'unsigned' to express "this value should always be positive";
47 // use assertions for this.
49 // See the Chromium style guide for more information.
50 // https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/developers/coding-style
52 typedef unsigned char uint8;
53 typedef unsigned short uint16;
54 typedef unsigned int uint32;
56 // See the comment above about NSPR and 64-bit.
57 #if defined(__LP64__) && !defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_OPENBSD)
58 typedef unsigned long uint64;
59 #else
60 typedef unsigned long long uint64;
61 #endif
63 // A type to represent a Unicode code-point value. As of Unicode 4.0,
64 // such values require up to 21 bits.
65 // (For type-checking on pointers, make this explicitly signed,
66 // and it should always be the signed version of whatever int32 is.)
67 typedef signed int char32;
69 const uint8 kuint8max = (( uint8) 0xFF);
70 const uint16 kuint16max = ((uint16) 0xFFFF);
71 const uint32 kuint32max = ((uint32) 0xFFFFFFFF);
72 const uint64 kuint64max = ((uint64) GG_LONGLONG(0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF));
73 const int8 kint8min = (( int8) 0x80);
74 const int8 kint8max = (( int8) 0x7F);
75 const int16 kint16min = (( int16) 0x8000);
76 const int16 kint16max = (( int16) 0x7FFF);
77 const int32 kint32min = (( int32) 0x80000000);
78 const int32 kint32max = (( int32) 0x7FFFFFFF);
79 const int64 kint64min = (( int64) GG_LONGLONG(0x8000000000000000));
80 const int64 kint64max = (( int64) GG_LONGLONG(0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF));
82 // Put this in the private: declarations for a class to be uncopyable.
83 #define DISALLOW_COPY(TypeName) \
84 TypeName(const TypeName&)
86 // Put this in the private: declarations for a class to be unassignable.
87 #define DISALLOW_ASSIGN(TypeName) \
88 void operator=(const TypeName&)
90 // A macro to disallow the copy constructor and operator= functions
91 // This should be used in the private: declarations for a class
92 #define DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName) \
93 TypeName(const TypeName&); \
94 void operator=(const TypeName&)
96 // An older, deprecated, politically incorrect name for the above.
97 // NOTE: The usage of this macro was banned from our code base, but some
98 // third_party libraries are yet using it.
99 // TODO(tfarina): Figure out how to fix the usage of this macro in the
100 // third_party libraries and get rid of it.
101 #define DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(TypeName) DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName)
103 // A macro to disallow all the implicit constructors, namely the
104 // default constructor, copy constructor and operator= functions.
106 // This should be used in the private: declarations for a class
107 // that wants to prevent anyone from instantiating it. This is
108 // especially useful for classes containing only static methods.
109 #define DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(TypeName) \
110 TypeName(); \
111 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName)
113 // The arraysize(arr) macro returns the # of elements in an array arr.
114 // The expression is a compile-time constant, and therefore can be
115 // used in defining new arrays, for example. If you use arraysize on
116 // a pointer by mistake, you will get a compile-time error.
118 // One caveat is that arraysize() doesn't accept any array of an
119 // anonymous type or a type defined inside a function. In these rare
120 // cases, you have to use the unsafe ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE() macro below. This is
121 // due to a limitation in C++'s template system. The limitation might
122 // eventually be removed, but it hasn't happened yet.
124 // This template function declaration is used in defining arraysize.
125 // Note that the function doesn't need an implementation, as we only
126 // use its type.
127 template <typename T, size_t N>
128 char (&ArraySizeHelper(T (&array)[N]))[N];
130 // That gcc wants both of these prototypes seems mysterious. VC, for
131 // its part, can't decide which to use (another mystery). Matching of
132 // template overloads: the final frontier.
133 #ifndef _MSC_VER
134 template <typename T, size_t N>
135 char (&ArraySizeHelper(const T (&array)[N]))[N];
136 #endif
138 #define arraysize(array) (sizeof(ArraySizeHelper(array)))
140 // ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE performs essentially the same calculation as arraysize,
141 // but can be used on anonymous types or types defined inside
142 // functions. It's less safe than arraysize as it accepts some
143 // (although not all) pointers. Therefore, you should use arraysize
144 // whenever possible.
146 // The expression ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE(a) is a compile-time constant of type
147 // size_t.
149 // ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE catches a few type errors. If you see a compiler error
151 // "warning: division by zero in ..."
153 // when using ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE, you are (wrongfully) giving it a pointer.
154 // You should only use ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE on statically allocated arrays.
156 // The following comments are on the implementation details, and can
157 // be ignored by the users.
159 // ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE(arr) works by inspecting sizeof(arr) (the # of bytes in
160 // the array) and sizeof(*(arr)) (the # of bytes in one array
161 // element). If the former is divisible by the latter, perhaps arr is
162 // indeed an array, in which case the division result is the # of
163 // elements in the array. Otherwise, arr cannot possibly be an array,
164 // and we generate a compiler error to prevent the code from
165 // compiling.
167 // Since the size of bool is implementation-defined, we need to cast
168 // !(sizeof(a) & sizeof(*(a))) to size_t in order to ensure the final
169 // result has type size_t.
171 // This macro is not perfect as it wrongfully accepts certain
172 // pointers, namely where the pointer size is divisible by the pointee
173 // size. Since all our code has to go through a 32-bit compiler,
174 // where a pointer is 4 bytes, this means all pointers to a type whose
175 // size is 3 or greater than 4 will be (righteously) rejected.
177 #define ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE(a) \
178 ((sizeof(a) / sizeof(*(a))) / \
179 static_cast<size_t>(!(sizeof(a) % sizeof(*(a)))))
182 // Use implicit_cast as a safe version of static_cast or const_cast
183 // for upcasting in the type hierarchy (i.e. casting a pointer to Foo
184 // to a pointer to SuperclassOfFoo or casting a pointer to Foo to
185 // a const pointer to Foo).
186 // When you use implicit_cast, the compiler checks that the cast is safe.
187 // Such explicit implicit_casts are necessary in surprisingly many
188 // situations where C++ demands an exact type match instead of an
189 // argument type convertible to a target type.
191 // The From type can be inferred, so the preferred syntax for using
192 // implicit_cast is the same as for static_cast etc.:
194 // implicit_cast<ToType>(expr)
196 // implicit_cast would have been part of the C++ standard library,
197 // but the proposal was submitted too late. It will probably make
198 // its way into the language in the future.
199 template<typename To, typename From>
200 inline To implicit_cast(From const &f) {
201 return f;
204 // The COMPILE_ASSERT macro can be used to verify that a compile time
205 // expression is true. For example, you could use it to verify the
206 // size of a static array:
208 // COMPILE_ASSERT(ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE(content_type_names) == CONTENT_NUM_TYPES,
209 // content_type_names_incorrect_size);
211 // or to make sure a struct is smaller than a certain size:
213 // COMPILE_ASSERT(sizeof(foo) < 128, foo_too_large);
215 // The second argument to the macro is the name of the variable. If
216 // the expression is false, most compilers will issue a warning/error
217 // containing the name of the variable.
219 #undef COMPILE_ASSERT
221 #if __cplusplus >= 201103L
223 // Under C++11, just use static_assert.
224 #define COMPILE_ASSERT(expr, msg) static_assert(expr, #msg)
226 #else
228 template <bool>
229 struct CompileAssert {
232 #define COMPILE_ASSERT(expr, msg) \
233 typedef CompileAssert<(bool(expr))> msg[bool(expr) ? 1 : -1] ALLOW_UNUSED
235 // Implementation details of COMPILE_ASSERT:
237 // - COMPILE_ASSERT works by defining an array type that has -1
238 // elements (and thus is invalid) when the expression is false.
240 // - The simpler definition
242 // #define COMPILE_ASSERT(expr, msg) typedef char msg[(expr) ? 1 : -1]
244 // does not work, as gcc supports variable-length arrays whose sizes
245 // are determined at run-time (this is gcc's extension and not part
246 // of the C++ standard). As a result, gcc fails to reject the
247 // following code with the simple definition:
249 // int foo;
250 // COMPILE_ASSERT(foo, msg); // not supposed to compile as foo is
251 // // not a compile-time constant.
253 // - By using the type CompileAssert<(bool(expr))>, we ensures that
254 // expr is a compile-time constant. (Template arguments must be
255 // determined at compile-time.)
257 // - The outer parentheses in CompileAssert<(bool(expr))> are necessary
258 // to work around a bug in gcc 3.4.4 and 4.0.1. If we had written
260 // CompileAssert<bool(expr)>
262 // instead, these compilers will refuse to compile
264 // COMPILE_ASSERT(5 > 0, some_message);
266 // (They seem to think the ">" in "5 > 0" marks the end of the
267 // template argument list.)
269 // - The array size is (bool(expr) ? 1 : -1), instead of simply
271 // ((expr) ? 1 : -1).
273 // This is to avoid running into a bug in MS VC 7.1, which
274 // causes ((0.0) ? 1 : -1) to incorrectly evaluate to 1.
276 #endif
278 // bit_cast<Dest,Source> is a template function that implements the
279 // equivalent of "*reinterpret_cast<Dest*>(&source)". We need this in
280 // very low-level functions like the protobuf library and fast math
281 // support.
283 // float f = 3.14159265358979;
284 // int i = bit_cast<int32>(f);
285 // // i = 0x40490fdb
287 // The classical address-casting method is:
289 // // WRONG
290 // float f = 3.14159265358979; // WRONG
291 // int i = * reinterpret_cast<int*>(&f); // WRONG
293 // The address-casting method actually produces undefined behavior
294 // according to ISO C++ specification section 3.10 -15 -. Roughly, this
295 // section says: if an object in memory has one type, and a program
296 // accesses it with a different type, then the result is undefined
297 // behavior for most values of "different type".
299 // This is true for any cast syntax, either *(int*)&f or
300 // *reinterpret_cast<int*>(&f). And it is particularly true for
301 // conversions between integral lvalues and floating-point lvalues.
303 // The purpose of 3.10 -15- is to allow optimizing compilers to assume
304 // that expressions with different types refer to different memory. gcc
305 // 4.0.1 has an optimizer that takes advantage of this. So a
306 // non-conforming program quietly produces wildly incorrect output.
308 // The problem is not the use of reinterpret_cast. The problem is type
309 // punning: holding an object in memory of one type and reading its bits
310 // back using a different type.
312 // The C++ standard is more subtle and complex than this, but that
313 // is the basic idea.
315 // Anyways ...
317 // bit_cast<> calls memcpy() which is blessed by the standard,
318 // especially by the example in section 3.9 . Also, of course,
319 // bit_cast<> wraps up the nasty logic in one place.
321 // Fortunately memcpy() is very fast. In optimized mode, with a
322 // constant size, gcc 2.95.3, gcc 4.0.1, and msvc 7.1 produce inline
323 // code with the minimal amount of data movement. On a 32-bit system,
324 // memcpy(d,s,4) compiles to one load and one store, and memcpy(d,s,8)
325 // compiles to two loads and two stores.
327 // I tested this code with gcc 2.95.3, gcc 4.0.1, icc 8.1, and msvc 7.1.
329 // WARNING: if Dest or Source is a non-POD type, the result of the memcpy
330 // is likely to surprise you.
332 template <class Dest, class Source>
333 inline Dest bit_cast(const Source& source) {
334 COMPILE_ASSERT(sizeof(Dest) == sizeof(Source), VerifySizesAreEqual);
336 Dest dest;
337 memcpy(&dest, &source, sizeof(dest));
338 return dest;
341 // Used to explicitly mark the return value of a function as unused. If you are
342 // really sure you don't want to do anything with the return value of a function
343 // that has been marked WARN_UNUSED_RESULT, wrap it with this. Example:
345 // scoped_ptr<MyType> my_var = ...;
346 // if (TakeOwnership(my_var.get()) == SUCCESS)
347 // ignore_result(my_var.release());
349 template<typename T>
350 inline void ignore_result(const T&) {
353 // The following enum should be used only as a constructor argument to indicate
354 // that the variable has static storage class, and that the constructor should
355 // do nothing to its state. It indicates to the reader that it is legal to
356 // declare a static instance of the class, provided the constructor is given
357 // the base::LINKER_INITIALIZED argument. Normally, it is unsafe to declare a
358 // static variable that has a constructor or a destructor because invocation
359 // order is undefined. However, IF the type can be initialized by filling with
360 // zeroes (which the loader does for static variables), AND the destructor also
361 // does nothing to the storage, AND there are no virtual methods, then a
362 // constructor declared as
363 // explicit MyClass(base::LinkerInitialized x) {}
364 // and invoked as
365 // static MyClass my_variable_name(base::LINKER_INITIALIZED);
366 namespace base {
367 enum LinkerInitialized { LINKER_INITIALIZED };
369 // Use these to declare and define a static local variable (static T;) so that
370 // it is leaked so that its destructors are not called at exit. If you need
371 // thread-safe initialization, use base/lazy_instance.h instead.
372 #define CR_DEFINE_STATIC_LOCAL(type, name, arguments) \
373 static type& name = *new type arguments
375 } // base
377 #endif // BASE_BASICTYPES_H_