Re: bluesky idea: __attribute__ (netorder)

[Stephen Williams <steve at icarus dot com>]

weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk said:
> How hard would __attribute(__ (netorder) be to implement? 

Even bluer sky...

	__attribute__((property(foo)))

The idea here it that any type can be given a named property. Any
application of that type what doesn't have the matching property would
be flagged as a warning. i.e.:

extern inline unsigned long htonl(unsigned long) __attribute__((property(nbo)));

unsigned long foo __attribute__((property(nbo));

foo = 5; // property mismatch warning
foo = htonl(5); // no warning


or how 'bout this one:

	typedef void*image_memory __attribute__((property(image)));
	void dma_from_image_memory(void*dest, image_memory src);
	image_memory fooptr;
	void*barptr;

	dma_from_image_memory(barptr, fooptr); // OK
	dma_from_image_memory(fooptr, barptr); // warnings

Hm?

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