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Defer in C for GCC and CLANG
/*
* MIT License
*
* Copyright (c) 2025 Arvid Gerstmann
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
* copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
* SOFTWARE.
*
*/
#ifndef RL_DEFER_H__
#define RL_DEFER_H__
#ifdef __clang__
static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void
_defer_cleanup(void (^*b)(void)) { (*b)(); }
#define __DEFER__(F, V) \
__attribute__((cleanup(_defer_cleanup))) void (^V)(void) = ^
#define __DEFER_(N) __DEFER__(__DEFER_FUNCTION_ ## N, __DEFER_VARIABLE_ ## N)
#define __DEFER(N) __DEFER_(N)
#define defer __DEFER(__COUNTER__)
#else /* gcc */
#define __DEFER__(F, V) \
auto inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void F(int*); \
__attribute__((cleanup(F))) int V; \
inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void F(int*)
#define __DEFER_(N) __DEFER__(__DEFER_FUNCTION_ ## N, __DEFER_VARIABLE_ ## N)
#define __DEFER(N) __DEFER_(N)
#define defer __DEFER(__COUNTER__)
#endif
#endif /* RL_DEFER_H__ */
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