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1 // Copyright 2014 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 // This file contains macros and macro-like constructs (e.g., templates) that
6 // are commonly used throughout Chromium source. (It may also contain things
7 // that are closely related to things that are commonly used that belong in this
8 // file.)
10 #ifndef BASE_MACROS_H_
11 #define BASE_MACROS_H_
13 #include <stddef.h> // For size_t.
14 #include <string.h> // For memcpy.
16 // Put this in the private: declarations for a class to be uncopyable.
17 #define DISALLOW_COPY(TypeName) \
18 TypeName(const TypeName&)
20 // Put this in the private: declarations for a class to be unassignable.
21 #define DISALLOW_ASSIGN(TypeName) \
22 void operator=(const TypeName&)
24 // A macro to disallow the copy constructor and operator= functions
25 // This should be used in the private: declarations for a class
26 #define DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName) \
27 TypeName(const TypeName&); \
28 void operator=(const TypeName&)
30 // An older, deprecated, politically incorrect name for the above.
31 // NOTE: The usage of this macro was banned from our code base, but some
32 // third_party libraries are yet using it.
33 // TODO(tfarina): Figure out how to fix the usage of this macro in the
34 // third_party libraries and get rid of it.
35 #define DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(TypeName) DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName)
37 // A macro to disallow all the implicit constructors, namely the
38 // default constructor, copy constructor and operator= functions.
40 // This should be used in the private: declarations for a class
41 // that wants to prevent anyone from instantiating it. This is
42 // especially useful for classes containing only static methods.
43 #define DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(TypeName) \
44 TypeName(); \
45 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName)
47 // The arraysize(arr) macro returns the # of elements in an array arr.
48 // The expression is a compile-time constant, and therefore can be
49 // used in defining new arrays, for example. If you use arraysize on
50 // a pointer by mistake, you will get a compile-time error.
52 // This template function declaration is used in defining arraysize.
53 // Note that the function doesn't need an implementation, as we only
54 // use its type.
55 template <typename T, size_t N>
56 char (&ArraySizeHelper(T (&array)[N]))[N];
58 // That gcc wants both of these prototypes seems mysterious. VC, for
59 // its part, can't decide which to use (another mystery). Matching of
60 // template overloads: the final frontier.
61 #ifndef _MSC_VER
62 template <typename T, size_t N>
63 char (&ArraySizeHelper(const T (&array)[N]))[N];
64 #endif
66 #define arraysize(array) (sizeof(::ArraySizeHelper(array)))
69 // Use implicit_cast as a safe version of static_cast or const_cast
70 // for upcasting in the type hierarchy (i.e. casting a pointer to Foo
71 // to a pointer to SuperclassOfFoo or casting a pointer to Foo to
72 // a const pointer to Foo).
73 // When you use implicit_cast, the compiler checks that the cast is safe.
74 // Such explicit implicit_casts are necessary in surprisingly many
75 // situations where C++ demands an exact type match instead of an
76 // argument type convertible to a target type.
78 // The From type can be inferred, so the preferred syntax for using
79 // implicit_cast is the same as for static_cast etc.:
81 // implicit_cast<ToType>(expr)
83 // implicit_cast would have been part of the C++ standard library,
84 // but the proposal was submitted too late. It will probably make
85 // its way into the language in the future.
86 template<typename To, typename From>
87 inline To implicit_cast(From const &f) {
88 return f;
91 // The COMPILE_ASSERT macro can be used to verify that a compile time
92 // expression is true. For example, you could use it to verify the
93 // size of a static array:
95 // COMPILE_ASSERT(arraysize(content_type_names) == CONTENT_NUM_TYPES,
96 // content_type_names_incorrect_size);
98 // or to make sure a struct is smaller than a certain size:
100 // COMPILE_ASSERT(sizeof(foo) < 128, foo_too_large);
102 // The second argument to the macro is the name of the variable. If
103 // the expression is false, most compilers will issue a warning/error
104 // containing the name of the variable.
106 #undef COMPILE_ASSERT
107 #define COMPILE_ASSERT(expr, msg) static_assert(expr, #msg)
109 // bit_cast<Dest,Source> is a template function that implements the
110 // equivalent of "*reinterpret_cast<Dest*>(&source)". We need this in
111 // very low-level functions like the protobuf library and fast math
112 // support.
114 // float f = 3.14159265358979;
115 // int i = bit_cast<int32>(f);
116 // // i = 0x40490fdb
118 // The classical address-casting method is:
120 // // WRONG
121 // float f = 3.14159265358979; // WRONG
122 // int i = * reinterpret_cast<int*>(&f); // WRONG
124 // The address-casting method actually produces undefined behavior
125 // according to ISO C++ specification section 3.10 -15 -. Roughly, this
126 // section says: if an object in memory has one type, and a program
127 // accesses it with a different type, then the result is undefined
128 // behavior for most values of "different type".
130 // This is true for any cast syntax, either *(int*)&f or
131 // *reinterpret_cast<int*>(&f). And it is particularly true for
132 // conversions between integral lvalues and floating-point lvalues.
134 // The purpose of 3.10 -15- is to allow optimizing compilers to assume
135 // that expressions with different types refer to different memory. gcc
136 // 4.0.1 has an optimizer that takes advantage of this. So a
137 // non-conforming program quietly produces wildly incorrect output.
139 // The problem is not the use of reinterpret_cast. The problem is type
140 // punning: holding an object in memory of one type and reading its bits
141 // back using a different type.
143 // The C++ standard is more subtle and complex than this, but that
144 // is the basic idea.
146 // Anyways ...
148 // bit_cast<> calls memcpy() which is blessed by the standard,
149 // especially by the example in section 3.9 . Also, of course,
150 // bit_cast<> wraps up the nasty logic in one place.
152 // Fortunately memcpy() is very fast. In optimized mode, with a
153 // constant size, gcc 2.95.3, gcc 4.0.1, and msvc 7.1 produce inline
154 // code with the minimal amount of data movement. On a 32-bit system,
155 // memcpy(d,s,4) compiles to one load and one store, and memcpy(d,s,8)
156 // compiles to two loads and two stores.
158 // I tested this code with gcc 2.95.3, gcc 4.0.1, icc 8.1, and msvc 7.1.
160 // WARNING: if Dest or Source is a non-POD type, the result of the memcpy
161 // is likely to surprise you.
163 template <class Dest, class Source>
164 inline Dest bit_cast(const Source& source) {
165 COMPILE_ASSERT(sizeof(Dest) == sizeof(Source), VerifySizesAreEqual);
167 Dest dest;
168 memcpy(&dest, &source, sizeof(dest));
169 return dest;
172 // Used to explicitly mark the return value of a function as unused. If you are
173 // really sure you don't want to do anything with the return value of a function
174 // that has been marked WARN_UNUSED_RESULT, wrap it with this. Example:
176 // scoped_ptr<MyType> my_var = ...;
177 // if (TakeOwnership(my_var.get()) == SUCCESS)
178 // ignore_result(my_var.release());
180 template<typename T>
181 inline void ignore_result(const T&) {
184 // The following enum should be used only as a constructor argument to indicate
185 // that the variable has static storage class, and that the constructor should
186 // do nothing to its state. It indicates to the reader that it is legal to
187 // declare a static instance of the class, provided the constructor is given
188 // the base::LINKER_INITIALIZED argument. Normally, it is unsafe to declare a
189 // static variable that has a constructor or a destructor because invocation
190 // order is undefined. However, IF the type can be initialized by filling with
191 // zeroes (which the loader does for static variables), AND the destructor also
192 // does nothing to the storage, AND there are no virtual methods, then a
193 // constructor declared as
194 // explicit MyClass(base::LinkerInitialized x) {}
195 // and invoked as
196 // static MyClass my_variable_name(base::LINKER_INITIALIZED);
197 namespace base {
198 enum LinkerInitialized { LINKER_INITIALIZED };
200 // Use these to declare and define a static local variable (static T;) so that
201 // it is leaked so that its destructors are not called at exit. If you need
202 // thread-safe initialization, use base/lazy_instance.h instead.
203 #define CR_DEFINE_STATIC_LOCAL(type, name, arguments) \
204 static type& name = *new type arguments
206 } // base
208 #endif // BASE_MACROS_H_