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/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
#ifndef WW_NEEDED_CAST_HXX
#define WW_NEEDED_CAST_HXX
#include <tools/debug.hxx>
# include "staticassert.hxx"
namespace ww
{
template<typename Ret, typename Param> Ret checking_cast(Param in, Ret)
{
return static_cast<Ret>(in);
}
template<typename Ret> Ret checking_cast(Ret in, Ret)
{
DBG_ASSERT( false, "UnnecessaryCast" );
return in;
}
/*
needed_cast is the same as static_cast except that there will be a compile
time assert when NDEBUG is not defined and the in and out types are the
same. i.e. needed_cast catches unneccessary casts
*/
template<typename Ret, typename Param> Ret needed_cast(Param in)
{
/*
Massage a single argument and a ret value into two arguments to allow
a determination if the dest type is the same as the sourct type
*/
return checking_cast(in, Ret());
}
}
#endif
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