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Small refactor of VSG_type_name macro to make it possible to depracate EVSG_type_name macro. #1440

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Small refactor of VSG_type_name macro to make it possible to depracate EVSG_type_name macro. #1440

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12 changes: 5 additions & 7 deletions include/vsg/core/type_name.h
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Expand Up @@ -38,17 +38,15 @@ namespace vsg
template<> constexpr const char* type_name<float>() noexcept { return "float"; }
template<> constexpr const char* type_name<double>() noexcept { return "double"; }

// helper define for defining the type_name() for a type within the vsg namespace.
/// Helper macro for defining the type_name() for a type, if used within vsg namespace you can put in alongside the class.
/// If adding type name for a class in another namespace you must put the macro in the global scope rather than within the namespace, otherwise you'll get a namespace related compile error.
#define VSG_type_name(T) \
template<> constexpr const char* type_name<T>() noexcept { return #T; } \
template<> constexpr const char* type_name<const T>() noexcept { return "const "#T; }


// helper define for defining the type_name() for a type in a namespace other than vsg, note must be placed in global namespace.
#define EVSG_type_name(T) \
template<> constexpr const char* vsg::type_name<T>() noexcept { return #T; } \
template<> constexpr const char* vsg::type_name<const T>() noexcept { return "const "#T; }

/// deprecated, it's now possible to use the VSG_type_name() directly.
#define EVSG_type_name(T) VSG_type_name(T)

// clang-format on

} // namespace vsg
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