useless expression in typesaft_cb_cast

useless expression in typesaft_cb_cast

[Yubin Ruan]

Hi,

typesaft_cb_cast() is defined in typesaft_cb.h as:

    #define typesafe_cb_cast(desttype, oktype, expr)                  \
    	__builtin_choose_expr(                                        \
    		__builtin_types_compatible_p(__typeof__(0?(expr):(expr)), \
    					     oktype),                                 \
    		(desttype)(expr), (expr))

what is the point of that "0?(expr):(expr)" ?

Yubin
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Re: useless expression in typesaft_cb_cast

[Rusty Russell]

Yubin Ruan <ablacktshirt@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> typesaft_cb_cast() is defined in typesaft_cb.h as:
>
>     #define typesafe_cb_cast(desttype, oktype, expr)                  \
>     	__builtin_choose_expr(                                        \
>     		__builtin_types_compatible_p(__typeof__(0?(expr):(expr)), \
>     					     oktype),                                 \
>     		(desttype)(expr), (expr))
>
> what is the point of that "0?(expr):(expr)" ?

Hi Yubin!

        I had to search through git history to find it!  It serves to
decay a function type to a function pointer, otherwise
__builtin_types_compatible_p(func, functype) returns false because
func isn't a pointer to a function, it's a function.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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