Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

mdavidsaver <[email protected]> · Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:12:25 -0000

I take it that the use of reinterpret_cast<>() is meant to bypass the 
restriction that offsetof() won't work on complex types?  Is the 
compiler being able to calculate "&klass::member" an equivalent 
restriction? What, if any, trouble could I expect when using 
"enclosureOf" on a class w/ inheritance?  Are there any restrictions 
which need to be documented (ie with virtual inheritance)?

On 11/20/2013 06:44 PM, Jeff Hill wrote:
> > My main concern is getting the name right; since we're already using the word
> > Container would it make sense to use that instead of Enclosure?
>
> ...Open to suggestions.

"containerOf"?

> > Also, should we move the CONTAINER macro into this header (with guards to allow it
> > to be included from C code)?

As long as CONTAINER continues to be pulled in by dbDefs.h I see no problem.

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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System