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      1 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 #ifndef BASE_BASICTYPES_H_
      6 #define BASE_BASICTYPES_H_
      7 
      8 #include <limits.h>         // So we can set the bounds of our types
      9 #include <stddef.h>         // For size_t
     10 #include <string.h>         // for memcpy
     11 
     12 #include "base/port.h"    // Types that only need exist on certain systems
     13 
     14 #ifndef COMPILER_MSVC
     15 // stdint.h is part of C99 but MSVC doesn't have it.
     16 #include <stdint.h>         // For intptr_t.
     17 #endif
     18 
     19 typedef signed char         schar;
     20 typedef signed char         int8;
     21 typedef short               int16;
     22 // TODO(mbelshe) Remove these type guards.  These are
     23 //               temporary to avoid conflicts with npapi.h.
     24 #ifndef _INT32
     25 #define _INT32
     26 typedef int                 int32;
     27 #endif
     28 
     29 // The NSPR system headers define 64-bit as |long| when possible.  In order to
     30 // not have typedef mismatches, we do the same on LP64.
     31 #if __LP64__
     32 typedef long                int64;
     33 #else
     34 typedef long long           int64;
     35 #endif
     36 
     37 // NOTE: unsigned types are DANGEROUS in loops and other arithmetical
     38 // places.  Use the signed types unless your variable represents a bit
     39 // pattern (eg a hash value) or you really need the extra bit.  Do NOT
     40 // use 'unsigned' to express "this value should always be positive";
     41 // use assertions for this.
     42 
     43 typedef unsigned char      uint8;
     44 typedef unsigned short     uint16;
     45 // TODO(mbelshe) Remove these type guards.  These are
     46 //               temporary to avoid conflicts with npapi.h.
     47 #ifndef _UINT32
     48 #define _UINT32
     49 typedef unsigned int       uint32;
     50 #endif
     51 
     52 // See the comment above about NSPR and 64-bit.
     53 #if __LP64__
     54 typedef unsigned long uint64;
     55 #else
     56 typedef unsigned long long uint64;
     57 #endif
     58 
     59 // A type to represent a Unicode code-point value. As of Unicode 4.0,
     60 // such values require up to 21 bits.
     61 // (For type-checking on pointers, make this explicitly signed,
     62 // and it should always be the signed version of whatever int32 is.)
     63 typedef signed int         char32;
     64 
     65 const uint8  kuint8max  = (( uint8) 0xFF);
     66 const uint16 kuint16max = ((uint16) 0xFFFF);
     67 const uint32 kuint32max = ((uint32) 0xFFFFFFFF);
     68 const uint64 kuint64max = ((uint64) GG_LONGLONG(0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF));
     69 const  int8  kint8min   = ((  int8) 0x80);
     70 const  int8  kint8max   = ((  int8) 0x7F);
     71 const  int16 kint16min  = (( int16) 0x8000);
     72 const  int16 kint16max  = (( int16) 0x7FFF);
     73 const  int32 kint32min  = (( int32) 0x80000000);
     74 const  int32 kint32max  = (( int32) 0x7FFFFFFF);
     75 const  int64 kint64min  = (( int64) GG_LONGLONG(0x8000000000000000));
     76 const  int64 kint64max  = (( int64) GG_LONGLONG(0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF));
     77 
     78 // A macro to disallow the copy constructor and operator= functions
     79 // This should be used in the private: declarations for a class
     80 #define DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName) \
     81   TypeName(const TypeName&);               \
     82   void operator=(const TypeName&)
     83 
     84 // An older, deprecated, politically incorrect name for the above.
     85 #define DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(TypeName) DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName)
     86 
     87 // A macro to disallow all the implicit constructors, namely the
     88 // default constructor, copy constructor and operator= functions.
     89 //
     90 // This should be used in the private: declarations for a class
     91 // that wants to prevent anyone from instantiating it. This is
     92 // especially useful for classes containing only static methods.
     93 #define DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(TypeName) \
     94   TypeName();                                    \
     95   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName)
     96 
     97 // The arraysize(arr) macro returns the # of elements in an array arr.
     98 // The expression is a compile-time constant, and therefore can be
     99 // used in defining new arrays, for example.  If you use arraysize on
    100 // a pointer by mistake, you will get a compile-time error.
    101 //
    102 // One caveat is that arraysize() doesn't accept any array of an
    103 // anonymous type or a type defined inside a function.  In these rare
    104 // cases, you have to use the unsafe ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE() macro below.  This is
    105 // due to a limitation in C++'s template system.  The limitation might
    106 // eventually be removed, but it hasn't happened yet.
    107 
    108 // This template function declaration is used in defining arraysize.
    109 // Note that the function doesn't need an implementation, as we only
    110 // use its type.
    111 template <typename T, size_t N>
    112 char (&ArraySizeHelper(T (&array)[N]))[N];
    113 
    114 // That gcc wants both of these prototypes seems mysterious. VC, for
    115 // its part, can't decide which to use (another mystery). Matching of
    116 // template overloads: the final frontier.
    117 #ifndef _MSC_VER
    118 template <typename T, size_t N>
    119 char (&ArraySizeHelper(const T (&array)[N]))[N];
    120 #endif
    121 
    122 #define arraysize(array) (sizeof(ArraySizeHelper(array)))
    123 
    124 // ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE performs essentially the same calculation as arraysize,
    125 // but can be used on anonymous types or types defined inside
    126 // functions.  It's less safe than arraysize as it accepts some
    127 // (although not all) pointers.  Therefore, you should use arraysize
    128 // whenever possible.
    129 //
    130 // The expression ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE(a) is a compile-time constant of type
    131 // size_t.
    132 //
    133 // ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE catches a few type errors.  If you see a compiler error
    134 //
    135 //   "warning: division by zero in ..."
    136 //
    137 // when using ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE, you are (wrongfully) giving it a pointer.
    138 // You should only use ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE on statically allocated arrays.
    139 //
    140 // The following comments are on the implementation details, and can
    141 // be ignored by the users.
    142 //
    143 // ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE(arr) works by inspecting sizeof(arr) (the # of bytes in
    144 // the array) and sizeof(*(arr)) (the # of bytes in one array
    145 // element).  If the former is divisible by the latter, perhaps arr is
    146 // indeed an array, in which case the division result is the # of
    147 // elements in the array.  Otherwise, arr cannot possibly be an array,
    148 // and we generate a compiler error to prevent the code from
    149 // compiling.
    150 //
    151 // Since the size of bool is implementation-defined, we need to cast
    152 // !(sizeof(a) & sizeof(*(a))) to size_t in order to ensure the final
    153 // result has type size_t.
    154 //
    155 // This macro is not perfect as it wrongfully accepts certain
    156 // pointers, namely where the pointer size is divisible by the pointee
    157 // size.  Since all our code has to go through a 32-bit compiler,
    158 // where a pointer is 4 bytes, this means all pointers to a type whose
    159 // size is 3 or greater than 4 will be (righteously) rejected.
    160 
    161 #define ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE(a) \
    162   ((sizeof(a) / sizeof(*(a))) / \
    163    static_cast<size_t>(!(sizeof(a) % sizeof(*(a)))))
    164 
    165 
    166 // Use implicit_cast as a safe version of static_cast or const_cast
    167 // for upcasting in the type hierarchy (i.e. casting a pointer to Foo
    168 // to a pointer to SuperclassOfFoo or casting a pointer to Foo to
    169 // a const pointer to Foo).
    170 // When you use implicit_cast, the compiler checks that the cast is safe.
    171 // Such explicit implicit_casts are necessary in surprisingly many
    172 // situations where C++ demands an exact type match instead of an
    173 // argument type convertable to a target type.
    174 //
    175 // The From type can be inferred, so the preferred syntax for using
    176 // implicit_cast is the same as for static_cast etc.:
    177 //
    178 //   implicit_cast<ToType>(expr)
    179 //
    180 // implicit_cast would have been part of the C++ standard library,
    181 // but the proposal was submitted too late.  It will probably make
    182 // its way into the language in the future.
    183 template<typename To, typename From>
    184 inline To implicit_cast(From const &f) {
    185   return f;
    186 }
    187 
    188 // The COMPILE_ASSERT macro can be used to verify that a compile time
    189 // expression is true. For example, you could use it to verify the
    190 // size of a static array:
    191 //
    192 //   COMPILE_ASSERT(ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE(content_type_names) == CONTENT_NUM_TYPES,
    193 //                  content_type_names_incorrect_size);
    194 //
    195 // or to make sure a struct is smaller than a certain size:
    196 //
    197 //   COMPILE_ASSERT(sizeof(foo) < 128, foo_too_large);
    198 //
    199 // The second argument to the macro is the name of the variable. If
    200 // the expression is false, most compilers will issue a warning/error
    201 // containing the name of the variable.
    202 
    203 template <bool>
    204 struct CompileAssert {
    205 };
    206 
    207 #undef COMPILE_ASSERT
    208 #define COMPILE_ASSERT(expr, msg) \
    209   typedef CompileAssert<(bool(expr))> msg[bool(expr) ? 1 : -1]
    210 
    211 // Implementation details of COMPILE_ASSERT:
    212 //
    213 // - COMPILE_ASSERT works by defining an array type that has -1
    214 //   elements (and thus is invalid) when the expression is false.
    215 //
    216 // - The simpler definition
    217 //
    218 //     #define COMPILE_ASSERT(expr, msg) typedef char msg[(expr) ? 1 : -1]
    219 //
    220 //   does not work, as gcc supports variable-length arrays whose sizes
    221 //   are determined at run-time (this is gcc's extension and not part
    222 //   of the C++ standard).  As a result, gcc fails to reject the
    223 //   following code with the simple definition:
    224 //
    225 //     int foo;
    226 //     COMPILE_ASSERT(foo, msg); // not supposed to compile as foo is
    227 //                               // not a compile-time constant.
    228 //
    229 // - By using the type CompileAssert<(bool(expr))>, we ensures that
    230 //   expr is a compile-time constant.  (Template arguments must be
    231 //   determined at compile-time.)
    232 //
    233 // - The outter parentheses in CompileAssert<(bool(expr))> are necessary
    234 //   to work around a bug in gcc 3.4.4 and 4.0.1.  If we had written
    235 //
    236 //     CompileAssert<bool(expr)>
    237 //
    238 //   instead, these compilers will refuse to compile
    239 //
    240 //     COMPILE_ASSERT(5 > 0, some_message);
    241 //
    242 //   (They seem to think the ">" in "5 > 0" marks the end of the
    243 //   template argument list.)
    244 //
    245 // - The array size is (bool(expr) ? 1 : -1), instead of simply
    246 //
    247 //     ((expr) ? 1 : -1).
    248 //
    249 //   This is to avoid running into a bug in MS VC 7.1, which
    250 //   causes ((0.0) ? 1 : -1) to incorrectly evaluate to 1.
    251 
    252 
    253 // MetatagId refers to metatag-id that we assign to
    254 // each metatag <name, value> pair..
    255 typedef uint32 MetatagId;
    256 
    257 // Argument type used in interfaces that can optionally take ownership
    258 // of a passed in argument.  If TAKE_OWNERSHIP is passed, the called
    259 // object takes ownership of the argument.  Otherwise it does not.
    260 enum Ownership {
    261   DO_NOT_TAKE_OWNERSHIP,
    262   TAKE_OWNERSHIP
    263 };
    264 
    265 // bit_cast<Dest,Source> is a template function that implements the
    266 // equivalent of "*reinterpret_cast<Dest*>(&source)".  We need this in
    267 // very low-level functions like the protobuf library and fast math
    268 // support.
    269 //
    270 //   float f = 3.14159265358979;
    271 //   int i = bit_cast<int32>(f);
    272 //   // i = 0x40490fdb
    273 //
    274 // The classical address-casting method is:
    275 //
    276 //   // WRONG
    277 //   float f = 3.14159265358979;            // WRONG
    278 //   int i = * reinterpret_cast<int*>(&f);  // WRONG
    279 //
    280 // The address-casting method actually produces undefined behavior
    281 // according to ISO C++ specification section 3.10 -15 -.  Roughly, this
    282 // section says: if an object in memory has one type, and a program
    283 // accesses it with a different type, then the result is undefined
    284 // behavior for most values of "different type".
    285 //
    286 // This is true for any cast syntax, either *(int*)&f or
    287 // *reinterpret_cast<int*>(&f).  And it is particularly true for
    288 // conversions betweeen integral lvalues and floating-point lvalues.
    289 //
    290 // The purpose of 3.10 -15- is to allow optimizing compilers to assume
    291 // that expressions with different types refer to different memory.  gcc
    292 // 4.0.1 has an optimizer that takes advantage of this.  So a
    293 // non-conforming program quietly produces wildly incorrect output.
    294 //
    295 // The problem is not the use of reinterpret_cast.  The problem is type
    296 // punning: holding an object in memory of one type and reading its bits
    297 // back using a different type.
    298 //
    299 // The C++ standard is more subtle and complex than this, but that
    300 // is the basic idea.
    301 //
    302 // Anyways ...
    303 //
    304 // bit_cast<> calls memcpy() which is blessed by the standard,
    305 // especially by the example in section 3.9 .  Also, of course,
    306 // bit_cast<> wraps up the nasty logic in one place.
    307 //
    308 // Fortunately memcpy() is very fast.  In optimized mode, with a
    309 // constant size, gcc 2.95.3, gcc 4.0.1, and msvc 7.1 produce inline
    310 // code with the minimal amount of data movement.  On a 32-bit system,
    311 // memcpy(d,s,4) compiles to one load and one store, and memcpy(d,s,8)
    312 // compiles to two loads and two stores.
    313 //
    314 // I tested this code with gcc 2.95.3, gcc 4.0.1, icc 8.1, and msvc 7.1.
    315 //
    316 // WARNING: if Dest or Source is a non-POD type, the result of the memcpy
    317 // is likely to surprise you.
    318 
    319 template <class Dest, class Source>
    320 inline Dest bit_cast(const Source& source) {
    321   // Compile time assertion: sizeof(Dest) == sizeof(Source)
    322   // A compile error here means your Dest and Source have different sizes.
    323   typedef char VerifySizesAreEqual [sizeof(Dest) == sizeof(Source) ? 1 : -1];
    324 
    325   Dest dest;
    326   memcpy(&dest, &source, sizeof(dest));
    327   return dest;
    328 }
    329 
    330 // The following enum should be used only as a constructor argument to indicate
    331 // that the variable has static storage class, and that the constructor should
    332 // do nothing to its state.  It indicates to the reader that it is legal to
    333 // declare a static instance of the class, provided the constructor is given
    334 // the base::LINKER_INITIALIZED argument.  Normally, it is unsafe to declare a
    335 // static variable that has a constructor or a destructor because invocation
    336 // order is undefined.  However, IF the type can be initialized by filling with
    337 // zeroes (which the loader does for static variables), AND the destructor also
    338 // does nothing to the storage, AND there are no virtual methods, then a
    339 // constructor declared as
    340 //       explicit MyClass(base::LinkerInitialized x) {}
    341 // and invoked as
    342 //       static MyClass my_variable_name(base::LINKER_INITIALIZED);
    343 namespace base {
    344 enum LinkerInitialized { LINKER_INITIALIZED };
    345 }  // base
    346 
    347 
    348 #endif  // BASE_BASICTYPES_H_
    349