Re: Make copyObject work in C++

On Thu Feb 19, 2026 at 9:31 AM CET, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> What I suggest we should do here is:
>
> 1. Add a configure test that checks if the C++ compiler supports typeof.
>
> 2. If not, #define typeof to the above expression.
>
> Then code can continue to use typeof unchanged.

Makes total sense, I didn't realise decltype and typeof were not quite
the same thing. Attached is an updated patchset that does that.

It also includes a patch that improves unconstify and unvolatize by
using StaticAssertVariableIsOfTypeMacro instead of a custom version of
that assertion. (Like I said, in a future patch I intend to make
StaticAssertVariableIsOfTypeMacro work in C++ as well, but this seemed
like a good improvement anyway)