GObject: substantially rework g_object_new()
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1 /* GLIB - Library of useful routines for C programming
2 * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
4 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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15 * License along with this library; if not, write to the
16 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
21 * Modified by the GLib Team and others 1997-2000. See the AUTHORS
22 * file for a list of people on the GLib Team. See the ChangeLog
23 * files for a list of changes. These files are distributed with
24 * GLib at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/.
27 /* This file must not include any other glib header file and must thus
28 * not refer to variables from glibconfig.h
31 #ifndef __G_MACROS_H__
32 #define __G_MACROS_H__
34 #if !defined (__GLIB_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GLIB_COMPILATION)
35 #error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly."
36 #endif
38 /* We include stddef.h to get the system's definition of NULL
40 #include <stddef.h>
42 /* Here we provide G_GNUC_EXTENSION as an alias for __extension__,
43 * where this is valid. This allows for warningless compilation of
44 * "long long" types even in the presence of '-ansi -pedantic'.
46 #if __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 8)
47 # define G_GNUC_EXTENSION __extension__
48 #else
49 # define G_GNUC_EXTENSION
50 #endif
52 /* Provide macros to feature the GCC function attribute.
54 #if __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 96)
55 #define G_GNUC_PURE \
56 __attribute__((__pure__))
57 #define G_GNUC_MALLOC \
58 __attribute__((__malloc__))
59 #else
60 #define G_GNUC_PURE
61 #define G_GNUC_MALLOC
62 #endif
64 #if __GNUC__ >= 4
65 #define G_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED __attribute__((__sentinel__))
66 #else
67 #define G_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED
68 #endif
70 #if (__GNUC__ > 4) || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3)
71 #define G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE(x) __attribute__((__alloc_size__(x)))
72 #define G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE2(x,y) __attribute__((__alloc_size__(x,y)))
73 #else
74 #define G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE(x)
75 #define G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE2(x,y)
76 #endif
78 #if __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 4)
79 #define G_GNUC_PRINTF( format_idx, arg_idx ) \
80 __attribute__((__format__ (__printf__, format_idx, arg_idx)))
81 #define G_GNUC_SCANF( format_idx, arg_idx ) \
82 __attribute__((__format__ (__scanf__, format_idx, arg_idx)))
83 #define G_GNUC_FORMAT( arg_idx ) \
84 __attribute__((__format_arg__ (arg_idx)))
85 #define G_GNUC_NORETURN \
86 __attribute__((__noreturn__))
87 #define G_GNUC_CONST \
88 __attribute__((__const__))
89 #define G_GNUC_UNUSED \
90 __attribute__((__unused__))
91 #define G_GNUC_NO_INSTRUMENT \
92 __attribute__((__no_instrument_function__))
93 #else /* !__GNUC__ */
94 #define G_GNUC_PRINTF( format_idx, arg_idx )
95 #define G_GNUC_SCANF( format_idx, arg_idx )
96 #define G_GNUC_FORMAT( arg_idx )
97 #define G_GNUC_NORETURN
98 #define G_GNUC_CONST
99 #define G_GNUC_UNUSED
100 #define G_GNUC_NO_INSTRUMENT
101 #endif /* !__GNUC__ */
103 #if __GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
104 #define G_GNUC_DEPRECATED \
105 __attribute__((__deprecated__))
106 #else
107 #define G_GNUC_DEPRECATED
108 #endif /* __GNUC__ */
110 #if __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 5)
111 #define G_GNUC_DEPRECATED_FOR(f) \
112 __attribute__((deprecated("Use " #f " instead")))
113 #else
114 #define G_GNUC_DEPRECATED_FOR(f) G_GNUC_DEPRECATED
115 #endif /* __GNUC__ */
117 #if __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 6)
118 #define G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS \
119 _Pragma ("GCC diagnostic push") \
120 _Pragma ("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wdeprecated-declarations\"")
121 #define G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS \
122 _Pragma ("GCC diagnostic pop")
123 #else
124 #define G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
125 #define G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
126 #endif
128 #if __GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3)
129 # define G_GNUC_MAY_ALIAS __attribute__((may_alias))
130 #else
131 # define G_GNUC_MAY_ALIAS
132 #endif
134 #if __GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4)
135 #define G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT \
136 __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
137 #else
138 #define G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
139 #endif /* __GNUC__ */
141 #ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
142 /* Wrap the gcc __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ and __FUNCTION__ variables with
143 * macros, so we can refer to them as strings unconditionally.
144 * usage not-recommended since gcc-3.0
146 #if defined (__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ < 3)
147 #define G_GNUC_FUNCTION __FUNCTION__
148 #define G_GNUC_PRETTY_FUNCTION __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
149 #else /* !__GNUC__ */
150 #define G_GNUC_FUNCTION ""
151 #define G_GNUC_PRETTY_FUNCTION ""
152 #endif /* !__GNUC__ */
153 #endif /* !G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED */
155 #define G_STRINGIFY(macro_or_string) G_STRINGIFY_ARG (macro_or_string)
156 #define G_STRINGIFY_ARG(contents) #contents
158 #ifndef __GI_SCANNER__ /* The static assert macro really confuses the introspection parser */
159 #define G_PASTE_ARGS(identifier1,identifier2) identifier1 ## identifier2
160 #define G_PASTE(identifier1,identifier2) G_PASTE_ARGS (identifier1, identifier2)
161 #ifdef __COUNTER__
162 #define G_STATIC_ASSERT(expr) typedef char G_PASTE (_GStaticAssertCompileTimeAssertion_, __COUNTER__)[(expr) ? 1 : -1] G_GNUC_UNUSED
163 #else
164 #define G_STATIC_ASSERT(expr) typedef char G_PASTE (_GStaticAssertCompileTimeAssertion_, __LINE__)[(expr) ? 1 : -1] G_GNUC_UNUSED
165 #endif
166 #define G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR(expr) ((void) sizeof (char[(expr) ? 1 : -1]))
167 #endif
169 /* Provide a string identifying the current code position */
170 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ < 3) && !defined(__cplusplus)
171 # define G_STRLOC __FILE__ ":" G_STRINGIFY (__LINE__) ":" __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ "()"
172 #else
173 # define G_STRLOC __FILE__ ":" G_STRINGIFY (__LINE__)
174 #endif
176 /* Provide a string identifying the current function, non-concatenatable */
177 #if defined (__GNUC__)
178 # define G_STRFUNC ((const char*) (__PRETTY_FUNCTION__))
179 #elif defined (__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 19901L
180 # define G_STRFUNC ((const char*) (__func__))
181 #elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER > 1300)
182 # define G_STRFUNC ((const char*) (__FUNCTION__))
183 #else
184 # define G_STRFUNC ((const char*) ("???"))
185 #endif
187 /* Guard C code in headers, while including them from C++ */
188 #ifdef __cplusplus
189 # define G_BEGIN_DECLS extern "C" {
190 # define G_END_DECLS }
191 #else
192 # define G_BEGIN_DECLS
193 # define G_END_DECLS
194 #endif
196 /* Provide definitions for some commonly used macros.
197 * Some of them are only provided if they haven't already
198 * been defined. It is assumed that if they are already
199 * defined then the current definition is correct.
201 #ifndef NULL
202 # ifdef __cplusplus
203 # define NULL (0L)
204 # else /* !__cplusplus */
205 # define NULL ((void*) 0)
206 # endif /* !__cplusplus */
207 #endif
209 #ifndef FALSE
210 #define FALSE (0)
211 #endif
213 #ifndef TRUE
214 #define TRUE (!FALSE)
215 #endif
217 #undef MAX
218 #define MAX(a, b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
220 #undef MIN
221 #define MIN(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
223 #undef ABS
224 #define ABS(a) (((a) < 0) ? -(a) : (a))
226 #undef CLAMP
227 #define CLAMP(x, low, high) (((x) > (high)) ? (high) : (((x) < (low)) ? (low) : (x)))
229 /* Count the number of elements in an array. The array must be defined
230 * as such; using this with a dynamically allocated array will give
231 * incorrect results.
233 #define G_N_ELEMENTS(arr) (sizeof (arr) / sizeof ((arr)[0]))
235 /* Macros by analogy to GINT_TO_POINTER, GPOINTER_TO_INT
237 #define GPOINTER_TO_SIZE(p) ((gsize) (p))
238 #define GSIZE_TO_POINTER(s) ((gpointer) (gsize) (s))
240 /* Provide convenience macros for handling structure
241 * fields through their offsets.
244 #if defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 4
245 # define G_STRUCT_OFFSET(struct_type, member) \
246 ((glong) offsetof (struct_type, member))
247 #else
248 # define G_STRUCT_OFFSET(struct_type, member) \
249 ((glong) ((guint8*) &((struct_type*) 0)->member))
250 #endif
252 #define G_STRUCT_MEMBER_P(struct_p, struct_offset) \
253 ((gpointer) ((guint8*) (struct_p) + (glong) (struct_offset)))
254 #define G_STRUCT_MEMBER(member_type, struct_p, struct_offset) \
255 (*(member_type*) G_STRUCT_MEMBER_P ((struct_p), (struct_offset)))
257 /* Provide simple macro statement wrappers:
258 * G_STMT_START { statements; } G_STMT_END;
259 * This can be used as a single statement, like:
260 * if (x) G_STMT_START { ... } G_STMT_END; else ...
261 * This intentionally does not use compiler extensions like GCC's '({...})' to
262 * avoid portability issue or side effects when compiled with different compilers.
264 #if !(defined (G_STMT_START) && defined (G_STMT_END))
265 # define G_STMT_START do
266 # define G_STMT_END while (0)
267 #endif
269 /* Deprecated -- do not use. */
270 #ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
271 #ifdef G_DISABLE_CONST_RETURNS
272 #define G_CONST_RETURN
273 #else
274 #define G_CONST_RETURN const
275 #endif
276 #endif
279 * The G_LIKELY and G_UNLIKELY macros let the programmer give hints to
280 * the compiler about the expected result of an expression. Some compilers
281 * can use this information for optimizations.
283 * The _G_BOOLEAN_EXPR macro is intended to trigger a gcc warning when
284 * putting assignments in g_return_if_fail ().
286 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 2) && defined(__OPTIMIZE__)
287 #define _G_BOOLEAN_EXPR(expr) \
288 G_GNUC_EXTENSION ({ \
289 int _g_boolean_var_; \
290 if (expr) \
291 _g_boolean_var_ = 1; \
292 else \
293 _g_boolean_var_ = 0; \
294 _g_boolean_var_; \
296 #define G_LIKELY(expr) (__builtin_expect (_G_BOOLEAN_EXPR(expr), 1))
297 #define G_UNLIKELY(expr) (__builtin_expect (_G_BOOLEAN_EXPR(expr), 0))
298 #else
299 #define G_LIKELY(expr) (expr)
300 #define G_UNLIKELY(expr) (expr)
301 #endif
303 #if __GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
304 #define G_DEPRECATED __attribute__((__deprecated__))
305 #elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1300)
306 #define G_DEPRECATED __declspec(deprecated)
307 #else
308 #define G_DEPRECATED
309 #endif
311 #if __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 5)
312 #define G_DEPRECATED_FOR(f) __attribute__((__deprecated__("Use '" #f "' instead")))
313 #elif defined(_MSC_FULL_VER) && (_MSC_FULL_VER > 140050320)
314 #define G_DEPRECATED_FOR(f) __declspec(deprecated("is deprecated. Use '" #f "' instead"))
315 #else
316 #define G_DEPRECATED_FOR(f) G_DEPRECATED
317 #endif
319 #if __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 5)
320 #define G_UNAVAILABLE(maj,min) __attribute__((deprecated("Not available before " #maj "." #min)))
321 #elif defined(_MSC_FULL_VER) && (_MSC_FULL_VER > 140050320)
322 #define G_UNAVAILABLE(maj,min) __declspec(deprecated("is not available before " #maj "." #min))
323 #else
324 #define G_UNAVAILABLE(maj,min) G_DEPRECATED
325 #endif
327 #ifndef _GLIB_EXTERN
328 #define _GLIB_EXTERN extern
329 #endif
331 /* These macros are used to mark deprecated functions in GLib headers,
332 * and thus have to be exposed in installed headers. But please
333 * do *not* use them in other projects. Instead, use G_DEPRECATED
334 * or define your own wrappers around it.
337 #ifdef GLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
338 #define GLIB_DEPRECATED _GLIB_EXTERN
339 #define GLIB_DEPRECATED_FOR(f) _GLIB_EXTERN
340 #define GLIB_UNAVAILABLE(maj,min) _GLIB_EXTERN
341 #else
342 #define GLIB_DEPRECATED G_DEPRECATED _GLIB_EXTERN
343 #define GLIB_DEPRECATED_FOR(f) G_DEPRECATED_FOR(f) _GLIB_EXTERN
344 #define GLIB_UNAVAILABLE(maj,min) G_UNAVAILABLE(maj,min) _GLIB_EXTERN
345 #endif
347 #endif /* __G_MACROS_H__ */