[PATCH] array_length, array_end macros for internal use
Paul Eggert
eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Sat Oct 21 18:10:00 GMT 2017
Thanks, this is a good thing to write a macro for. A couple of comments:
The Emacs internals use the name ARRAYELTS for the same concept. I recall that
the name was discussed at some length when the macro was introduced. "length" is
perhaps not the best word to use here, since array_length ("foo") != strlen
("foo"). And capitalization is appropriate when a macro cannot be written as a
function. So I suggest the name ARRAYELTS, or something like it.
> +#define array_end(var) &(var)[array_length (var)]
We haven't felt the need for such a macro in Emacs. If there's need in glibc,
the definiens should be parenthesized so that (mis?)uses like (& ARRAYEND
(var)->firstmember) are handled properly.
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