cdefs.h

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#ifndef _CDEFS_H_
#define _CDEFS_H_

/*
 * Some miscellaneous C language definitions and related matters.
 */


/*
 * Build-time assertion. Doesn't generate any code. The error message
 * on failure is less than ideal, but you can't have everything.
 */
#define COMPILE_ASSERT(x) ((void)sizeof(struct { unsigned : ((x)?1:-1); }))


/*
 * Tell GCC how to check printf formats.
 */
#ifdef __GNUC__
#define __PF(a,b) __attribute__((__format__(__printf__, a, b)))
#else
#define __PF(a,b)
#endif


/*
 * Material for supporting inline functions.
 *
 * A function marked inline can be handled by the compiler in three
 * ways: in addition to possibly inlining into the code for other
 * functions, the compiler can (1) generate a file-static out-of-line
 * copy of the function, (2) generate a global out-of-line copy of the
 * function, or (3) generate no out-of-line copy of the function.
 *
 * None of these alone is thoroughly satisfactory. Since an inline
 * function may or may not be inlined at the compiler's discretion, if
 * no out-of-line copy exists the build may fail at link time with
 * undefined symbols. Meanwhile, if the compiler is told to generate a
 * global out-of-line copy, it will generate one such copy for every
 * source file where the inline definition is visible; since inline
 * functions tend to appear in header files, this leads to multiply
 * defined symbols and build failure. The file-static option isn't
 * really an improvement, either: one tends to get compiler warnings
 * about inline functions that haven't been used, which for any
 * particular source file tends to be at least some of the ones that
 * have been defined. Furthermore, this method leads to one
 * out-of-line copy of the inline function per source file that uses
 * it, which not only wastes space but makes debugging painful.
 *
 * Therefore, we use the following scheme.
 *
 * In the header file containing the inline functions for the module
 * "foo", we put
 *
 *      #ifndef FOO_INLINE
 *      #define FOO_INLINE INLINE
 *      #endif
 *
 * where INLINE selects the compiler behavior that does *not* generate
 * an out-of-line version. Then we define the inline functions
 * themselves as FOO_INLINE. This allows the compiler to inline the
 * functions anywhere it sees fit with a minimum of hassles. Then,
 * when compiling foo.c, before including headers we put
 *
 *      #define FOO_INLINE  // empty
 *
 * which causes the inline functions to appear as ordinary function
 * definitions, not inline at all, when foo.c is compiled. This
 * ensures that an out-of-line definition appears, and furthermore
 * ensures that the out-of-line definition is the same as the inline
 * definition.
 *
 * The situation is complicated further because gcc is not compliant
 * with the C standard. In C99, "inline" means "do not generate an
 * out-of-line copy" and "extern inline" means "generate a global
 * out-of-line copy". In gcc, the meanings are reversed. In gcc
 * versions later than the one OS/161 currently uses, the standard
 * behavior can be requested; if so, __GNUC_STDC_INLINE__ is defined.
 * There does not appear to be any way to select this behavior with
 * gcc 4.1; however, the following definitions should be future-proof.
 *
 * (Note that inline functions that appear only within a single source
 * file can safely be declared "static inline".)
 */
#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__GNUC_STDC_INLINE__)
/* gcc's non-C99 inline semantics */
#define INLINE extern inline

#elif defined(__STDC__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L
/* C99 */
#define INLINE inline

#else
/* something else; static inline is safest */
#define INLINE static inline
#endif


#endif /* _CDEFS_H_ */