//: C05:StaticAssert1.cpp {-xo} // From "Thinking in C++, Volume 2", by Bruce Eckel & Chuck Allison. // (c) 1995-2004 MindView, Inc. All Rights Reserved. // See source code use permissions stated in the file 'License.txt', // distributed with the code package available at www.MindView.net. // A simple, compile-time assertion facility #define STATIC_ASSERT(x) \ do { typedef int a[(x) ? 1 : -1]; } while(0) int main() { STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(int) <= sizeof(long)); // Passes STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(double) <= sizeof(int)); // Fails } ///:~