On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 10:10:41AM -0700, Thiago Macieira wrote:
On Friday, 17 July 2020 23:32:41 PDT Simon Hausmann wrote:
This hack has been in QtQml in production since its release in 2010 (see
static cast selector).
It would be a shame if this stopped working
The problem here is the damage that can happen if a breakage happens.
i can think of only two ways how this can stop working:
- the compiler becomes intentionally belligerent, in which case an
override switch will be provided as well (if not instantly, then after
the outcry that immediately follows)
- the compiler somehow starts to actually make use of the freedom
granted by the fact that QObject is not standard-layout (this, btw, is
also the reason why peppe's suggestion to use offsetof doesn't fix
UB). however, this would also come with a massive BC break, in which
case we'd have bigger problems anyway. so it's guaranteed that a
compat switch would be provided as well, exactly because much code
wants to stay BC. anyway, i consider this case entirely hypothetical,
as there is no reason to break this when compiling for real hardware
(or something that resembles it, like wasm, afaik); it might be
different for some vms.
So what's the [efficient] non-UB solution?
<insert your brilliant idea here> ;-)
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