util: Add EXPLICIT_CONVERSION macro.

This can be used to specify that a C++ conversion operator is not
meant to be used for implicit conversions, which can lead to
unintended loss of information in some cases.  Implemented as a macro
in order to keep old GCC versions happy.

Reviewed-by: Plamena Manolova <plamena.manolova@intel.com>

diff --git a/src/util/macros.h b/src/util/macros.h
index e3c785af508079f2b866bdbd280b3dd80c2947e2..6d3df904082d2cd63c269c2b765b2163eff13f0b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/util/macros.h
+++ b/src/util/macros.h
@@ -285,4 +285,14 @@ do {                       \
 #define MIN3( A, B, C ) ((A) < (B) ? MIN2(A, C) : MIN2(B, C))
 #define MAX3( A, B, C ) ((A) > (B) ? MAX2(A, C) : MAX2(B, C))
 
+/**
+ * Macro for declaring an explicit conversion operator.  Defaults to an
+ * implicit conversion if C++11 is not supported.
+ */
+#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
+#define EXPLICIT_CONVERSION explicit
+#elif defined(__cplusplus)
+#define EXPLICIT_CONVERSION
+#endif
+
 #endif /* UTIL_MACROS_H */