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#ifndef COMMON_GDB_CHECKED_DYNAMIC_CAST_H
#define COMMON_GDB_CHECKED_DYNAMIC_CAST_H
#include "gdbsupport/traits.h"
namespace gdb
{
/* This function can be used in place of static_cast when casting between
pointers of polymorphic types. The benefit of using this call is that,
when compiling in developer mode, dynamic_cast will be used to validate
the cast. This use of dynamic_cast is why this function will only
work for polymorphic types.
In non-developer (i.e. production) builds, the dynamic_cast is replaced
with a static_cast which is usually significantly faster. */
template
T
checked_static_cast (V *v)
{
/* We only support casting to pointer types. */
static_assert (std::is_pointer::value, "target must be a pointer type");
/* Check for polymorphic types explicitly in case we're in release mode. */
static_assert (std::is_polymorphic::value, "types must be polymorphic");
/* Figure out the type that T points to. */
using T_no_P = typename std::remove_pointer::type;
/* In developer mode this cast uses dynamic_cast to confirm at run-time
that the cast from V* to T is valid. However, we can catch some
mistakes at compile time, this assert prevents anything other than
downcasts, or casts to same type. */
static_assert (std::is_base_of::value
|| std::is_base_of::value,
"types must be related");
#ifdef DEVELOPMENT
T result = dynamic_cast (v);
gdb_assert (result != nullptr);
#else
T result = static_cast (v);
#endif
return result;
}
}
#endif /* COMMON_GDB_CHECKED_DYNAMIC_CAST_H */