DebugOnly.h (3220B)
1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ 2 /* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */ 3 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public 4 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this 5 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ 6 7 /* 8 * Provides DebugOnly, a type for variables used only in debug builds (i.e. by 9 * assertions). 10 */ 11 12 #ifndef mozilla_DebugOnly_h 13 #define mozilla_DebugOnly_h 14 15 #include "mozilla/Attributes.h" 16 17 #include <utility> 18 19 namespace mozilla { 20 21 /** 22 * DebugOnly contains a value of type T, but only in debug builds. In release 23 * builds, it does not contain a value. This helper is intended to be used with 24 * MOZ_ASSERT()-style macros, allowing one to write: 25 * 26 * DebugOnly<bool> check = func(); 27 * MOZ_ASSERT(check); 28 * 29 * more concisely than declaring |check| conditional on #ifdef DEBUG. 30 * 31 * DebugOnly instances can only be coerced to T in debug builds. In release 32 * builds they don't have a value, so type coercion is not well defined. 33 * 34 * NOTE: DebugOnly instances still take up one byte of space, plus padding, even 35 * in optimized, non-DEBUG builds (see bug 1253094 comment 37 for more info). 36 * For this reason the class is MOZ_STACK_CLASS to prevent consumers using 37 * DebugOnly for struct/class members and unwittingly inflating the size of 38 * their objects in release builds. 39 */ 40 template <typename T> 41 class MOZ_STACK_CLASS DebugOnly { 42 public: 43 #ifdef DEBUG 44 T value; 45 46 DebugOnly() = default; 47 MOZ_IMPLICIT DebugOnly(T&& aOther) : value(std::move(aOther)) {} 48 MOZ_IMPLICIT DebugOnly(const T& aOther) : value(aOther) {} 49 DebugOnly(const DebugOnly& aOther) : value(aOther.value) {} 50 DebugOnly& operator=(const T& aRhs) { 51 value = aRhs; 52 return *this; 53 } 54 DebugOnly& operator=(T&& aRhs) { 55 value = std::move(aRhs); 56 return *this; 57 } 58 59 void operator++(int) { value++; } 60 void operator--(int) { value--; } 61 62 // Do not define operator+=(), etc. here. These will coerce via the 63 // implicit cast and built-in operators. Defining explicit methods here 64 // will create ambiguity the compiler can't deal with. 65 66 T* operator&() { return &value; } 67 68 operator T&() { return value; } 69 operator const T&() const { return value; } 70 71 T& operator->() { return value; } 72 const T& operator->() const { return value; } 73 74 const T& inspect() const { return value; } 75 76 #else 77 DebugOnly() = default; 78 MOZ_IMPLICIT DebugOnly(const T&) {} 79 DebugOnly(const DebugOnly&) {} 80 DebugOnly& operator=(const T&) { return *this; } 81 MOZ_IMPLICIT DebugOnly(T&&) {} 82 DebugOnly& operator=(T&&) { return *this; } 83 void operator++(int) {} 84 void operator--(int) {} 85 DebugOnly& operator+=(const T&) { return *this; } 86 DebugOnly& operator-=(const T&) { return *this; } 87 DebugOnly& operator&=(const T&) { return *this; } 88 DebugOnly& operator|=(const T&) { return *this; } 89 DebugOnly& operator^=(const T&) { return *this; } 90 #endif 91 92 /* 93 * DebugOnly must always have a user-defined destructor or else it will 94 * generate "unused variable" warnings, exactly what it's intended 95 * to avoid! 96 */ 97 ~DebugOnly() {} 98 }; 99 100 } // namespace mozilla 101 102 #endif /* mozilla_DebugOnly_h */