| 1 | /** @file
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| 2 | * innotek Portable Runtime - C++ Utilities (useful templates, defines and such).
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| 3 | */
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| 5 | /*
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| 6 | * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 innotek GmbH
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| 7 | *
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| 8 | * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
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| 9 | * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
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| 10 | * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
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| 11 | * General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
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| 12 | * in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the VirtualBox OSE
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| 13 | * distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the hope that it will
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| 14 | * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
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| 15 | */
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| 17 | #ifndef ___iprt_cpputils_h
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| 18 | #define ___iprt_cpputils_h
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| 19 |
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| 20 | /** @defgroup grp_rt_cpputils C++ Utilities
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| 21 | * @ingroup grp_rt
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| 22 | * @{
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| 23 | */
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| 24 |
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| 25 | /**
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| 26 | * Shortcut to |const_cast<C &>()| that automatically derives the correct
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| 27 | * type (class) for the const_cast template's argument from its own argument.
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| 28 | * Can be used to temporarily cancel the |const| modifier on the left-hand side
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| 29 | * of assignment expressions, like this:
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| 30 | * @code
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| 31 | * const Class that;
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| 32 | * ...
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| 33 | * unconst (that) = some_value;
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| 34 | * @endcode
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| 35 | */
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| 36 | template <class C>
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| 37 | inline C &unconst (const C &that) { return const_cast <C &> (that); }
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| 38 |
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| 39 |
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| 40 | /**
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| 41 | * Shortcut to |const_cast<C *>()| that automatically derives the correct
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| 42 | * type (class) for the const_cast template's argument from its own argument.
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| 43 | * Can be used to temporarily cancel the |const| modifier on the left-hand side
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| 44 | * of assignment expressions, like this:
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| 45 | * @code
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| 46 | * const Class *that;
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| 47 | * ...
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| 48 | * unconst (that) = some_value;
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| 49 | * @endcode
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| 50 | */
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| 51 | template <class C>
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| 52 | inline C *unconst (const C *that) { return const_cast <C *> (that); }
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| 53 |
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| 54 | /** @} */
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| 55 |
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| 56 | #endif
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| 57 |
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