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* [Bug c/57889] New: Improvement: builtin to return a string from a type (type to string builtin)
@ 2013-07-12 13:57 yann at droneaud dot fr
  2013-07-12 17:45 ` [Bug c/57889] " mpolacek at gcc dot gnu.org
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: yann at droneaud dot fr @ 2013-07-12 13:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57889

            Bug ID: 57889
           Summary: Improvement: builtin to return a string from a type
                    (type to string builtin)
           Product: gcc
           Version: unknown
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: yann at droneaud dot fr

Hi,

It might be of interest to have a builtin to convert a type name to a string.
Given a type or a variable, the builtin would return the type of it as a
string.
It could be used to build debug messages:


#define ASSERT_NULL(p) do { \
 if ((p) == NULL)           \
    printf("%s * %s == NULL\n", __builtin_typestringof(*p), #p); \
} while(0);

Regards.


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* [Bug c/57889] Improvement: builtin to return a string from a type (type to string builtin)
  2013-07-12 13:57 [Bug c/57889] New: Improvement: builtin to return a string from a type (type to string builtin) yann at droneaud dot fr
@ 2013-07-12 17:45 ` mpolacek at gcc dot gnu.org
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: mpolacek at gcc dot gnu.org @ 2013-07-12 17:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gcc-bugs

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57889

Marek Polacek <mpolacek at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

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                 CC|                            |mpolacek at gcc dot gnu.org

--- Comment #1 from Marek Polacek <mpolacek at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
__builtin_typename would be a better name I suspect.


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