ClickHouse/base/base/bit_cast.h
2023-06-24 05:49:12 +02:00

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#pragma once
#include <cstring>
#include <algorithm>
#include <type_traits>
/** Returns value `from` converted to type `To` while retaining bit representation.
* `To` and `From` must satisfy `CopyConstructible`.
*
* In contrast to std::bit_cast can cast types of different width.
*
* Note: for signed types of narrower size, the casted result is zero-extended
* instead of sign-extended as with regular static_cast.
* For example, -1 Int8 (represented as 0xFF) bit_casted to UInt64
* gives 255 (represented as 0x00000000000000FF) instead of 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
*/
template <typename To, typename From>
std::decay_t<To> bit_cast(const From & from)
{
/** Assume the source value is 0xAABBCCDD (i.e. sizeof(from) == 4).
* Its BE representation is 0xAABBCCDD, the LE representation is 0xDDCCBBAA.
* Further assume, sizeof(res) == 8 and that res is initially zeroed out.
* With LE, the result after bit_cast will be 0xDDCCBBAA00000000 --> input value == output value.
* With BE, the result after bit_cast will be 0x00000000AABBCCDD --> input value == output value.
*/
To res {};
if constexpr (std::endian::native == std::endian::little)
{
memcpy(static_cast<void*>(&res), &from, std::min(sizeof(res), sizeof(from)));
}
else
{
uint32_t offset_to = (sizeof(res) > sizeof(from)) ? (sizeof(res) - sizeof(from)) : 0;
uint32_t offset_from = (sizeof(from) > sizeof(res)) ? (sizeof(from) - sizeof(res)) : 0;
memcpy(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&res) + offset_to, reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&from) + offset_from, std::min(sizeof(res), sizeof(from)));
}
return res;
}