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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd May 15, 2003
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.Os
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.Dt CTASSERT 9
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm CTASSERT
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.Nd compile time assertion macro
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h
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.In sys/systm.h
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.Fn CTASSERT expression
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn CTASSERT
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macro evaluates
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.Fa expression
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at compile time and causes a compiler error if it is false.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn CTASSERT
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macro is useful for asserting the size or alignment of important
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data structures and variables during compilation, which would
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otherwise cause the code to fail at run time.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Assert that the size of the
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.Vt uuid
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structure is 16 bytes.
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.Pp
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.Dl "CTASSERT(sizeof(struct uuid) == 16);"
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr KASSERT 9
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This manual page was written by
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.An Hiten M. Pandya
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.Aq hmp@FreeBSD.org .
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