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      1 // Copyright 2014 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 // This file contains macros and macro-like constructs (e.g., templates) that
      6 // are commonly used throughout Chromium source. (It may also contain things
      7 // that are closely related to things that are commonly used that belong in this
      8 // file.)
      9 
     10 #ifndef BASE_MACROS_H_
     11 #define BASE_MACROS_H_
     12 
     13 #include <stddef.h>  // For size_t.
     14 
     15 // Put this in the declarations for a class to be uncopyable.
     16 #define DISALLOW_COPY(TypeName) \
     17   TypeName(const TypeName&) = delete
     18 
     19 // Put this in the declarations for a class to be unassignable.
     20 #define DISALLOW_ASSIGN(TypeName) \
     21   void operator=(const TypeName&) = delete
     22 
     23 // A macro to disallow the copy constructor and operator= functions
     24 // This should be used in the private: declarations for a class
     25 #define DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName) \
     26   TypeName(const TypeName&);               \
     27   void operator=(const TypeName&)
     28 
     29 // A macro to disallow all the implicit constructors, namely the
     30 // default constructor, copy constructor and operator= functions.
     31 //
     32 // This should be used in the private: declarations for a class
     33 // that wants to prevent anyone from instantiating it. This is
     34 // especially useful for classes containing only static methods.
     35 #define DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(TypeName) \
     36   TypeName() = delete;                           \
     37   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(TypeName)
     38 
     39 // The arraysize(arr) macro returns the # of elements in an array arr.  The
     40 // expression is a compile-time constant, and therefore can be used in defining
     41 // new arrays, for example.  If you use arraysize on a pointer by mistake, you
     42 // will get a compile-time error.  For the technical details, refer to
     43 // http://blogs.msdn.com/b/the1/archive/2004/05/07/128242.aspx.
     44 
     45 // This template function declaration is used in defining arraysize.
     46 // Note that the function doesn't need an implementation, as we only
     47 // use its type.
     48 template <typename T, size_t N> char (&ArraySizeHelper(T (&array)[N]))[N];
     49 #define arraysize(array) (sizeof(ArraySizeHelper(array)))
     50 
     51 // Used to explicitly mark the return value of a function as unused. If you are
     52 // really sure you don't want to do anything with the return value of a function
     53 // that has been marked WARN_UNUSED_RESULT, wrap it with this. Example:
     54 //
     55 //   scoped_ptr<MyType> my_var = ...;
     56 //   if (TakeOwnership(my_var.get()) == SUCCESS)
     57 //     ignore_result(my_var.release());
     58 //
     59 template<typename T>
     60 inline void ignore_result(const T&) {
     61 }
     62 
     63 // The following enum should be used only as a constructor argument to indicate
     64 // that the variable has static storage class, and that the constructor should
     65 // do nothing to its state.  It indicates to the reader that it is legal to
     66 // declare a static instance of the class, provided the constructor is given
     67 // the base::LINKER_INITIALIZED argument.  Normally, it is unsafe to declare a
     68 // static variable that has a constructor or a destructor because invocation
     69 // order is undefined.  However, IF the type can be initialized by filling with
     70 // zeroes (which the loader does for static variables), AND the destructor also
     71 // does nothing to the storage, AND there are no virtual methods, then a
     72 // constructor declared as
     73 //       explicit MyClass(base::LinkerInitialized x) {}
     74 // and invoked as
     75 //       static MyClass my_variable_name(base::LINKER_INITIALIZED);
     76 namespace base {
     77 enum LinkerInitialized { LINKER_INITIALIZED };
     78 
     79 // Use these to declare and define a static local variable (static T;) so that
     80 // it is leaked so that its destructors are not called at exit. If you need
     81 // thread-safe initialization, use base/lazy_instance.h instead.
     82 #define CR_DEFINE_STATIC_LOCAL(type, name, arguments) \
     83   static type& name = *new type arguments
     84 
     85 }  // base
     86 
     87 #endif  // BASE_MACROS_H_
     88