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17 
18 #ifndef COMMON_GDB_CHECKED_STATIC_CAST_H
19 #define COMMON_GDB_CHECKED_STATIC_CAST_H
20 
21 #include "gdbsupport/traits.h"
22 
23 namespace gdb
24 {
25 
26 /* This function can be used in place of static_cast when casting between
27    pointers of polymorphic types.  The benefit of using this call is that,
28    when compiling in developer mode, dynamic_cast will be used to validate
29    the cast.  This use of dynamic_cast is why this function will only
30    work for polymorphic types.
31 
32    In non-developer (i.e. production) builds, the dynamic_cast is replaced
33    with a static_cast which is usually significantly faster.  */
34 
35 template<typename T, typename V>
36 T
37 checked_static_cast (V *v)
38 {
39   /* We only support casting to pointer types.  */
40   static_assert (std::is_pointer<T>::value, "target must be a pointer type");
41 
42   /* Check for polymorphic types explicitly in case we're in release mode.  */
43   static_assert (std::is_polymorphic<V>::value, "types must be polymorphic");
44 
45   /* Figure out the type that T points to.  */
46   using T_no_P = typename std::remove_pointer<T>::type;
47 
48   /* In developer mode this cast uses dynamic_cast to confirm at run-time
49      that the cast from V* to T is valid.  However, we can catch some
50      mistakes at compile time, this assert prevents anything other than
51      downcasts, or casts to same type.  */
52   static_assert (std::is_base_of<V, T_no_P>::value
53 		 || std::is_base_of<T_no_P, V>::value,
54 		 "types must be related");
55 
56 #ifdef DEVELOPMENT
57   gdb_assert (v == nullptr || dynamic_cast<T> (v) != nullptr);
58 #endif
59 
60   /* If a base class of V is virtual then the dynamic_cast above will
61      succeed, but this static_cast will fail.  */
62   return static_cast<T> (v);
63 }
64 
65 /* Same as the above, but to cast from a reference type to another.  */
66 
67 template<typename T, typename V, typename = gdb::Requires<std::is_reference<T>>>
68 T
69 checked_static_cast (V &v)
70 {
71   static_assert (std::is_reference<T>::value, "target must be a reference type");
72 
73   using T_no_R = typename std::remove_reference<T>::type;
74   using T_P = typename std::add_pointer<T_no_R>::type;
75 
76   using V_no_R = typename std::remove_reference<V>::type;
77 
78   return *checked_static_cast<T_P, V_no_R> (&v);
79 }
80 
81 }
82 
83 #endif /* COMMON_GDB_CHECKED_STATIC_CAST_H */
84