Enhance Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(): fail at build time if the argument is not an array

Move other various macros to pymcacro.h

Thanks Rusty Russell for having written these amazing C macros!

1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Include/pymacro.h b/Include/pymacro.h
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+#ifndef Py_PYMACRO_H
+#define Py_PYMACRO_H
+
+#define Py_MIN(x, y) (((x) > (y)) ? (y) : (x))
+#define Py_MAX(x, y) (((x) > (y)) ? (x) : (y))
+
+/* Argument must be a char or an int in [-128, 127] or [0, 255]. */
+#define Py_CHARMASK(c) ((unsigned char)((c) & 0xff))
+
+
+/* Assert a build-time dependency, as an expression.
+
+   Your compile will fail if the condition isn't true, or can't be evaluated
+   by the compiler. This can be used in an expression: its value is 0.
+
+   Example:
+
+   #define foo_to_char(foo)  \
+       ((char *)(foo)        \
+        + Py_BUILD_ASSERT(offsetof(struct foo, string) == 0))
+
+   Written by Rusty Russell, public domain. */
+#define Py_BUILD_ASSERT(cond) \
+    (sizeof(char [1 - 2*!(cond)]) - 1)
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+/* Two gcc extensions.
+   &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */
+#define _Py_ARRAY_LENGTH_CHECK(array) \
+    Py_BUILD_ASSERT(!__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(array), \
+                                                  typeof(&(array)[0])))
+#else
+#define _Py_ARRAY_LENGTH_CHECK(array) 0
+#endif
+
+
+/* Get the number of elements in a visible array
+
+   This does not work on pointers, or arrays declared as [], or function
+   parameters. With correct compiler support, such usage will cause a build
+   error (see Py_BUILD_ASSERT).
+
+   Written by Rusty Russell, public domain. */
+#define Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(array) \
+    (sizeof(array) / sizeof((array)[0]) + _Py_ARRAY_LENGTH_CHECK(array))
+
+
+/* Define macros for inline documentation. */
+#define PyDoc_VAR(name) static char name[]
+#define PyDoc_STRVAR(name,str) PyDoc_VAR(name) = PyDoc_STR(str)
+#ifdef WITH_DOC_STRINGS
+#define PyDoc_STR(str) str
+#else
+#define PyDoc_STR(str) ""
+#endif
+
+#endif /* Py_PYMACRO_H */