- moved is_of_type and friend macros into utils.h so they can be phased

[ginac.git] / ginac / utils.h

diff --git a/ginac/utils.h b/ginac/utils.h
index 001f64f45071473d8dfb1ee258dcf691df4f4b29..78334b17d25ac4047b5a7d35eef4e83841b0edb1 100644 (file)
--- a/ginac/utils.h
+++ b/ginac/utils.h
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ namespace GiNaC {
  *  to signal that ordinary Taylor expansion is safe. */
 class do_taylor {};
 
+/** Exception class thrown by functions to signal unimplemented functionality
+ *  so the expression may just be .hold() */
+class dunno {};
+
 /** Exception class thrown when a singularity is encountered. */
 class pole_error : public std::domain_error {
 public:
@@ -472,6 +476,22 @@ void classname::print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const \
                c.s << text; \
 }
 
+// Obsolete convenience macros.  TO BE PHASED OUT SOON!
+// Use the inlined template functions in basic.h instead.  (FIXME: remove them)
+
+#define is_of_type(OBJ,TYPE) \
+       (dynamic_cast<const TYPE *>(&OBJ)!=0)
+
+#define is_exactly_of_type(OBJ,TYPE) \
+       ((OBJ).tinfo()==GiNaC::TINFO_##TYPE)
+
+#define is_ex_of_type(OBJ,TYPE) \
+       (dynamic_cast<const TYPE *>((OBJ).bp)!=0)
+
+#define is_ex_exactly_of_type(OBJ,TYPE) \
+       ((*(OBJ).bp).tinfo()==GiNaC::TINFO_##TYPE)
+
 } // namespace GiNaC
 
+
 #endif // ndef __GINAC_UTILS_H__