Enhance Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(): fail at build time if the argument is not an array
Move other various macros to pymcacro.h
Thanks Rusty Russell for having written these amazing C macros!
diff --git a/Include/Python.h b/Include/Python.h
index 63043f2..ae384ee 100644
--- a/Include/Python.h
+++ b/Include/Python.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
#include <assert.h>
#include "pyport.h"
+#include "pymacro.h"
#include "pyatomic.h"
@@ -126,24 +127,6 @@
#include "pystrcmp.h"
#include "dtoa.h"
#include "fileutils.h"
-
-/* Argument must be a char or an int in [-128, 127] or [0, 255]. */
-#define Py_CHARMASK(c) ((unsigned char)((c) & 0xff))
-
#include "pyfpe.h"
-/* Define macros for inline documentation. */
-#define PyDoc_VAR(name) static char name[]
-#define PyDoc_STRVAR(name,str) PyDoc_VAR(name) = PyDoc_STR(str)
-#ifdef WITH_DOC_STRINGS
-#define PyDoc_STR(str) str
-#else
-#define PyDoc_STR(str) ""
-#endif
-
-#define Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(array) (sizeof(array) / sizeof((array)[0]))
-
-#define Py_MIN(x, y) (((x) > (y)) ? (y) : (x))
-#define Py_MAX(x, y) (((x) > (y)) ? (x) : (y))
-
#endif /* !Py_PYTHON_H */
diff --git a/Include/pymacro.h b/Include/pymacro.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22f1d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Include/pymacro.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#ifndef Py_PYMACRO_H
+#define Py_PYMACRO_H
+
+#define Py_MIN(x, y) (((x) > (y)) ? (y) : (x))
+#define Py_MAX(x, y) (((x) > (y)) ? (x) : (y))
+
+/* Argument must be a char or an int in [-128, 127] or [0, 255]. */
+#define Py_CHARMASK(c) ((unsigned char)((c) & 0xff))
+
+
+/* Assert a build-time dependency, as an expression.
+
+ Your compile will fail if the condition isn't true, or can't be evaluated
+ by the compiler. This can be used in an expression: its value is 0.
+
+ Example:
+
+ #define foo_to_char(foo) \
+ ((char *)(foo) \
+ + Py_BUILD_ASSERT(offsetof(struct foo, string) == 0))
+
+ Written by Rusty Russell, public domain. */
+#define Py_BUILD_ASSERT(cond) \
+ (sizeof(char [1 - 2*!(cond)]) - 1)
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+/* Two gcc extensions.
+ &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */
+#define _Py_ARRAY_LENGTH_CHECK(array) \
+ Py_BUILD_ASSERT(!__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(array), \
+ typeof(&(array)[0])))
+#else
+#define _Py_ARRAY_LENGTH_CHECK(array) 0
+#endif
+
+
+/* Get the number of elements in a visible array
+
+ This does not work on pointers, or arrays declared as [], or function
+ parameters. With correct compiler support, such usage will cause a build
+ error (see Py_BUILD_ASSERT).
+
+ Written by Rusty Russell, public domain. */
+#define Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(array) \
+ (sizeof(array) / sizeof((array)[0]) + _Py_ARRAY_LENGTH_CHECK(array))
+
+
+/* Define macros for inline documentation. */
+#define PyDoc_VAR(name) static char name[]
+#define PyDoc_STRVAR(name,str) PyDoc_VAR(name) = PyDoc_STR(str)
+#ifdef WITH_DOC_STRINGS
+#define PyDoc_STR(str) str
+#else
+#define PyDoc_STR(str) ""
+#endif
+
+#endif /* Py_PYMACRO_H */