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34 .Nd compile time assertion macro
38 .Fn CTASSERT expression
44 at compile time and causes a compiler error if it is false.
48 macro is useful for asserting the size or alignment of important
49 data structures and variables during compilation, which would
50 otherwise cause the code to fail at run time.
51 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
54 macro should not be used in a header file.
55 It is implemented using a dummy typedef, with a name (based on line number)
56 that may conflict with a
58 in a source file including that header.
60 Assert that the size of the
62 structure is 16 bytes.
64 .Dl "CTASSERT(sizeof(struct uuid) == 16);"
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