On Saturday 30 November 2024 00:53:08 Martin Storsjö wrote: > On Wed, 27 Nov 2024, Pali Rohár wrote: > > > C11 supports two-arg _Static_assert keyword > > C++11 supports two-arg static_assert keyword > > C++17 supports one-arg static_assert keyword > > C23 supports one-arg static_assert keyword > > > > So when possible expand _STATIC_ASSERT macro to the suitable C/C++ keyword. > > --- > > mingw-w64-headers/crt/crtdbg.h | 8 +++++++- > > mingw-w64-headers/crt/malloc.h | 8 +++++++- > > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > I believe this change is fine, but do we have any use of these anywhere? I > guess that would only be if user code uses them somewhere - so it's not very > obvious if this still works or not.
Yes, usage of those macros are for applications. VC++ header files also contain this _STATIC_ASSERT macro and I saw it used in some applications. This macro is useful when writing pre-C11/C++11 code. Or when writing C11 code without C23 compiler support and want to write static assert with automatic message (one arg variant) and do not want to invent custom macro. And I think it is better to use modern compiler keywords for static asserts when they are available instead of old negative array size hack. > (Feel free to push this, otherwise I can push it later.) > > // Martin _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
