+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Compile time asserts
+//
+// Unlike the normal assert and related macros above which are checked during
+// the program tun-time the macros below will result in a compilation error if
+// the condition they check is false. This is usually used to check the
+// expressions containing sizeof()s which cannot be tested with the
+// preprocessor. If you can use the #if's, do use them as you can give a more
+// detailed error message then.
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/*
+ How this works (you don't have to understand it to be able to use the
+ macros): we rely on the fact that it is invalid to define a named bit field
+ in a struct of width 0. All the rest are just the hacks to minimize the
+ possibility of the compiler warnings when compiling this macro: in
+ particular, this is why we define a struct and not an object (which would
+ result in a warning about unused variable) and a named struct (otherwise we'd
+ get a warning about an unnamed struct not used to define an object!).
+ The _n__ part is to stop VC++ 7 being confused since it encloses __LINE++ in
+ parentheses.
+ */
+
+#define wxMAKE_ASSERT_NAME_HELPER(line) wxAssert_ ## line
+#define wxMAKE_ASSERT_NAME(line) wxMAKE_ASSERT_NAME_HELPER(line)
+#define wxMAKE_UNIQUE_ASSERT_NAME wxMAKE_ASSERT_NAME(_n___ ## __LINE__)
+#define wxMAKE_UNIQUE_ASSERT_NAME2(text) wxMAKE_ASSERT_NAME(text)
+
+/*
+ The second argument of this macro must be a valid C++ identifier and not a
+ string. I.e. you should use it like this:
+
+ wxCOMPILE_TIME_ASSERT( sizeof(int) >= 2, YourIntsAreTooSmall );
+
+ It may be used both within a function and in the global scope.
+*/
+#define wxCOMPILE_TIME_ASSERT(expr, msg) \
+ struct wxMAKE_UNIQUE_ASSERT_NAME { unsigned int msg: expr; }
+
+#define wxCOMPILE_TIME_ASSERT2(expr, msg, text) \
+ struct wxMAKE_UNIQUE_ASSERT_NAME2(text) { unsigned int msg: expr; }
+
+// helpers for wxCOMPILE_TIME_ASSERT below, for private use only
+#define wxMAKE_BITSIZE_MSG(type, size) type ## SmallerThan ## size ## Bits
+
+// a special case of compile time assert: check that the size of the given type
+// is at least the given number of bits
+#define wxASSERT_MIN_BITSIZE(type, size) \
+ wxCOMPILE_TIME_ASSERT(sizeof(type) * CHAR_BIT >= size, \
+ wxMAKE_BITSIZE_MSG(type, size))
+