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commit dd517efbb99e8dba75e23b5c750b41b3af284670
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 12 16:38:35 2025 -0500
[troff]: Favor C++ cast operators over those of C.
* src/roff/troff/input.cpp (print_macros, get_flags)
(charinfo::get_flags): Use explicit `reinterpret_cast` C++ operator
instead of C-style cast. Annotate why we use this footgun.
Annotate every other use of `reinterpret_cast` in GNU troff, too.
Also annotate null pointers with `nullptr` comment to ease any future
transition to C++11, which defines it as a keyword.
---
ChangeLog | 7 +++++++
src/roff/troff/env.cpp | 2 ++
src/roff/troff/input.cpp | 26 ++++++++++++++++++--------
src/roff/troff/node.cpp | 2 ++
src/roff/troff/reg.cpp | 2 ++
5 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f698f8ea4..39f31ea4a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2025-07-12 G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
+
+ * src/roff/troff/input.cpp (print_macros, get_flags)
+ (charinfo::get_flags): Use explicit `reinterpret_cast` C++
+ operator instead of C-style cast. Annotate why we use this
+ footgun.
+
2025-07-12 G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
* tmac/eqnrc: Drop unneccessary setup. Since commit 4b3e5417d5,
diff --git a/src/roff/troff/env.cpp b/src/roff/troff/env.cpp
index fdf435877..2b28ec9e5 100644
--- a/src/roff/troff/env.cpp
+++ b/src/roff/troff/env.cpp
@@ -3858,6 +3858,8 @@ static void print_hyphenation_exceptions()
// space; see `hyphen_trie::read_patterns_file()`.
const size_t bufsz = WORD_MAX * 2;
char wordbuf[bufsz]; // need to `errprint()` it, so not `unsigned`
+ // We must use the nuclear `reinterpret_cast` operator because GNU
+ // troff's dictionary types use a pre-STL approach to containers.
while (iter.get(&entry, reinterpret_cast<void **>(&hypoint))) {
assert(!entry.is_null());
assert(hypoint != 0 /* nullptr */);
diff --git a/src/roff/troff/input.cpp b/src/roff/troff/input.cpp
index 4bdebd4c5..88846d79d 100644
--- a/src/roff/troff/input.cpp
+++ b/src/roff/troff/input.cpp
@@ -1591,6 +1591,8 @@ static void report_color()
}
else {
dictionary_iterator iter(color_dictionary);
+ // We must use the nuclear `reinterpret_cast` operator because GNU
+ // troff's dictionary types use a pre-STL approach to containers.
while (iter.get(&key, reinterpret_cast<void **>(&value))) {
assert(!key.is_null());
assert(value != 0 /* nullptr */);
@@ -3796,7 +3798,9 @@ void print_macros()
}
else {
object_dictionary_iterator iter(request_dictionary);
- while (iter.get(&s, (object **)&rm)) {
+ // We must use the nuclear `reinterpret_cast` operator because GNU
+ // troff's dictionary types use a pre-STL approach to containers.
+ while (iter.get(&s, reinterpret_cast<object **>(&rm))) {
assert(!s.is_null());
m = rm->to_macro();
if (m != 0 /* nullptr */) {
@@ -4451,6 +4455,8 @@ static void report_composite_characters()
dictionary_iterator iter(composite_dictionary);
symbol key;
char *value;
+ // We must use the nuclear `reinterpret_cast` operator because GNU
+ // troff's dictionary types use a pre-STL approach to containers.
while (iter.get(&key, reinterpret_cast<void **>(&value))) {
assert(!key.is_null());
assert(value != 0 /* nullptr */);
@@ -5413,11 +5419,11 @@ void substring_request()
string_iterator iter(*m);
int i;
for (i = 0; i < start; i++) {
- int c = iter.get(0);
+ int c = iter.get(0 /* nullptr */);
while (c == PUSH_GROFF_MODE
|| c == PUSH_COMP_MODE
|| c == POP_GROFFCOMP_MODE)
- c = iter.get(0);
+ c = iter.get(0 /* nullptr */);
if (c == EOF)
break;
}
@@ -5428,7 +5434,7 @@ void substring_request()
while (c == PUSH_GROFF_MODE
|| c == PUSH_COMP_MODE
|| c == POP_GROFFCOMP_MODE)
- c = iter.get(0);
+ c = iter.get(0 /* nullptr */);
if (c == EOF)
break;
if (c == 0)
@@ -6453,7 +6459,7 @@ void device_extension_node::tprint(troff_output_file *out)
tprint_start(out);
string_iterator iter(mac);
for (;;) {
- int c = iter.get(0);
+ int c = iter.get(0 /* nullptr */);
if (c != EOF)
for (const char *s = ::asciify(c); *s != 0 /* nullptr */; s++)
tprint_char(out, *s);
@@ -7861,7 +7867,7 @@ void write_macro_request()
else {
string_iterator iter(*m);
for (;;) {
- int c = iter.get(0);
+ int c = iter.get(0 /* nullptr */);
if (c == EOF)
break;
fputs(asciify(c), fp);
@@ -10216,7 +10222,9 @@ void get_flags()
dictionary_iterator iter(charinfo_dictionary);
charinfo *ci;
symbol s;
- while (iter.get(&s, (void **)&ci)) {
+ // We must use the nuclear `reinterpret_cast` operator because GNU
+ // troff's dictionary types use a pre-STL approach to containers.
+ while (iter.get(&s, reinterpret_cast<void **>(&ci))) {
assert(!s.is_null());
ci->get_flags();
}
@@ -10229,7 +10237,9 @@ void charinfo::get_flags()
dictionary_iterator iter(char_class_dictionary);
charinfo *ci;
symbol s;
- while (iter.get(&s, (void **)&ci)) {
+ // We must use the nuclear `reinterpret_cast` operator because GNU
+ // troff's dictionary types use a pre-STL approach to containers.
+ while (iter.get(&s, reinterpret_cast<void **>(&ci))) {
assert(!s.is_null());
if (ci->contains(get_unicode_code())) {
#if defined(DEBUGGING)
diff --git a/src/roff/troff/node.cpp b/src/roff/troff/node.cpp
index 3b90837c9..7ab47a47e 100644
--- a/src/roff/troff/node.cpp
+++ b/src/roff/troff/node.cpp
@@ -6646,6 +6646,8 @@ static void dump_font_translations()
{
dictionary_iterator iter(font_translation_dictionary);
symbol from, to;
+ // We must use the nuclear `reinterpret_cast` operator because GNU
+ // troff's dictionary types use a pre-STL approach to containers.
while (iter.get(&from, reinterpret_cast<void **>(&to)))
errprint("%1\t%2\n", from.contents(), to.contents());
fflush(stderr);
diff --git a/src/roff/troff/reg.cpp b/src/roff/troff/reg.cpp
index 9de106b85..f8f39af53 100644
--- a/src/roff/troff/reg.cpp
+++ b/src/roff/troff/reg.cpp
@@ -577,6 +577,8 @@ void dump_register_request()
}
else {
object_dictionary_iterator iter(register_dictionary);
+ // We must use the nuclear `reinterpret_cast` operator because GNU
+ // troff's dictionary types use a pre-STL approach to containers.
while (iter.get(&identifier, reinterpret_cast<object **>(&r))) {
assert(!identifier.is_null());
dump_register(&identifier, r);
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